The Reverend Jerry Lane Trantham, born July 10, 1956, embodied Christ’s example of Love. Pastor of Colony Lutheran Church, of Newberry, S.C., for 17 years; he was reunited with his wife, Diane, and his Lord and Savior on January 16, 2020. Prior to serving at Colony,...
By Cathy Milejczak Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania, Southwestern Diocese (ELCT) Task Force Last summer a delegation from the South Carolina Synod traveled to the South Western Diocese of Tanzania for the Consecration and Installation of the new Bishop. This...
BY THE REV. HERMAN YOOS Bishop, South Carolina Synod Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Imagine your hands helping to lift three framed, heavy wooden walls for the new Cristo Rey sanctuary, along with 35 Latino brothers and sisters in Christ. I was there on November...
BY THE REV. RICK CARTER Director for Evangelical Mission You have heard these words over the last several months in emails, convocation, assembly and in conversations with colleagues. Exactly what does it mean – Congregational Vitality? The Domestic Mission Unit,...
BY DEACON MITZIE SCHAFER Vice President for Development at NovusWayEthan Miller, an 8th grader from Greenville, SC, loves everything about camp…and music. “We talk about music in terms of praising God,” said Pastor Maria Miller his mother. As a two-year-old in the...