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The Installation of The Rev. Wade Thomas Roof, III as the Fifth Bishop of the South Carolina Synod

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Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs)

Advantages / Benefits: There are numerous potential benefits, depending upon your specific income tax situation. I’m listing them in the likely order of importance to most taxpayers: FIRST & FOREMOST: If you answer YES to each of these three...

We Pray for the Family of The Reverend Charles Arthur Pollard

Charles Arthur Pollard passed away at his home in Columbia, South Carolina, on October 24, 2026, at the age of 91. Charles was born May 13, 1935, in Washington, D.C., to John Wesley Pollard and Cornelia C. Dorrier Pollard. Charles is survived by his wife of 68 years,...

The Installation of The Rev. Wade Thomas Roof, III as the Fifth Bishop of the South Carolina Synod

https://www.youtube.com/live/kIVKL2jDKs0 By Rev. Heather Apel On Saturday, October 24, 2026, more than 500 people filled the sanctuary and overflow rooms of St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church in Lexington, SC, and many more joined online, to be part of the service of Holy...

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November 9, 2026

Synod Council Zoom meeting
November 9, 2026 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm Zoom See more details

November 10, 2026

Congregational Vitality
November 10, 2026 10:00 am - 11:00 am See more details

November 11, 2026

Staff Meeting
November 11, 2026 11:00 am - 1:00 pm SC Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 1003 Richland St, Columbia, SC 29201, USA See more details

November 18, 2026

Staff Meeting
November 18, 2026 11:00 am - 1:00 pm SC Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 1003 Richland St, Columbia, SC 29201, USA See more details
Region 9 bishops Zoom meeting
November 18, 2026 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Zoom See more details

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Loving All God’s People

The Racial Justice Team, part of the South Carolina Synod’s Inclusiveness Network, sponsored a Civil Rights Tour to Atlanta, Georgia, September 15-16, 2026. Thirty-five people - lay leaders, deacons, pastors and a bishop - experienced this journey of learning,...

Obedience to Christ Above Fear | Pastor Jorge Leone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZcYpR2qJZE "Neutrality is never neutral. It always favors the oppressor." In this moving address delivered on April 15, 2026, at the South Carolina Synod Rostered Leaders Luncheon, Pastor Jorge Leone shares his "exodus" story—from...

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