The congregations of the South Carolina Synod look forward to welcoming you.
Synod Assembly
Embassy Suites Charleston Airport Hotel & Convention Center
5055 International Blvd.
North Charleston
June 12-14.
Boundaries & inclusion
If you have not yet fulfilled the requirement for 2024 BIE-Cultural Competency and Racial Justice, the option available now is:
Toward Racial Justice Training through United Lutheran Seminary
Bible team releases Bible studies
The South Carolina Synod Bible Team began meeting in the summer of 2023 to consider ways to fulfill the work of the Resolution on Living into the Unity of the Body of Christ that passed at the 2023 Synod Assembly.
South Carolina Synod Disaster Fund Appeal
The South Carolina Synod Council has approved a four month focus for an ongoing appeal conducted September 1-December 31 to increase funding for the South Carolina Synod Disaster Response Fund.
What’s Happening
Important Announcement: Venue Change for 2025 Synod Assembly
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I need to inform you of a necessary change in venue for the upcoming 2025 South Carolina Synod Assembly, scheduled for June 12-14. Some of you may have heard about the closing of the Embassy Suites Greystone, here in Columbia. Due...
A Statement on Hope in Action
January 27, 2025A Statement on Hope in Action Dutch Jesuit Priest, Henri Nouwen once wrote, “There is always reason to hope…even when our eyes are filled with tears.” As leaders of Christian traditions across many states from Virginia to the Caribbean, we are people...
A Reflection on the gospel for the Third Sunday after Epiphany, and a thank you to our preachers.
January 25, 2025 Many of us who will worship tomorrow will hear the gospel reading from Luke 4, verses 14-21. This is Luke’s account of the beginning of Jesus’ Ministry in Galilee, his reading from the scroll of Isaiah and proclamation in the Synagogue, and his...
Recent Editions of The South Carolina Lutheran eNews
Events
- February 23, 2025
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Region 9 Treasurer Workshop
February 23, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm See more details
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- February 24, 2025
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Synod Council
February 24, 2025 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm See more details
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- February 25, 2025
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Bible Team Meeting
February 25, 2025 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm See more details
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- February 26, 2025
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Staff Meeting
February 26, 2025 11:00 am - 1:00 pm SC Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 1003 Richland St, Columbia, SC 29201, USA See more details
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- March 3, 2025
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Region 9 Treasurer Workshop
March 3, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm See more details
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- March 5, 2025
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Staff Meeting
March 5, 2025 11:00 am - 1:00 pm SC Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 1003 Richland St, Columbia, SC 29201, USA See more details
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Our Stories
13th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration
January 26, 2025 “Give it One More Try!” Mark 5:25-34 Keeping Dr. King’s dream alive in the hope that one day we will all truly be Beloved Community, the Rev. Angela Ford Broughton, pastor at New Life United Methodist Church, Walterboro and LTSS graduate (2015)...
Communal Stewards of Creation
The 2024 Synod Assembly set the goal of 100% of synod congregations will at least take the first steps of a creation care initiative prior to the 2025 Synod Assembly. It is possible that information is news to you, or that you had forgetting about it. Don’t worry;...
People living within the synod territory
Baptized Lutherans in the South Carolina Synod
Congregations and worshipping communities
Companion partnerships with Lutheran Churches in Japan, Tanzania, and Colombia
Mission Partners
Get In Touch
This is Christ’s Church. There is a place for you here.
We are the church that shares a living, daring confidence in God’s grace. Liberated by our faith, we embrace you as a whole person–questions, complexities and all. Join us as we do God’s work in Christ’s name for the life of the world.
Contact Information
ELCA South Carolina Synod
1003 Richland Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Telephone 803-765-0590
Fax 803-252-5558
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