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The Theme of our 2026 South Carolina Synod Assembly is “Created to Create”.

In Ephesians 2:10, Paul writes, "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." The Greek word for "workmanship" is poiēma, from which we get the English word "poem." This verse...

Greetings from the South Carolina Synod Bishop’s Election Committee

Advent Greetings from the South Carolina Synod Bishop’s Election Committee. We give thanks for the faithful leadership of Bishop Ginny Aebischer for her nearly eighteen years of leadership to the South Carolina Synod as both Bishop and earlier, as Assistant to the...

We Pray for the Family of The Reverend Gary Ray Lyerly

Gary Ray Lyerly, 82, of Raleigh, NC passed into the Church Triumphant on 7 December 2025 with family by his side. He was born on the 19 June 1943 to Pearl Holshouser Lyerly & Carr R. Lyerly in Salisbury, NC. He began his Christian faith as a baptized child of God...

We Pray for the Family of Elizabeth Carswell

Elizabeth Cromer Carswell, 92, of Flat Rock, NC, formerly of Columbia, SC, passed away on December 1, 2025, at Tore's Home, following a long period of declining health. Born July 4, 1933 in Lincolnton, NC, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Voigt Rhodes Cromer and...

We Pray for the Family of The Reverend Doctor Mack C. Branham Jr.

The Reverend Dr. Mack Carison Branham, age 94, of Columbia, SC, passed away on November 6, 2025, at his residence with his wife and loving family members nearby. Dr. Branham was born on April 20, 1931, in Columbia, SC to the late Mack Carison Branham, Sr. and Laura...

We Pray for the Family of Pauline Brunson Loadholdt

Pauline Elizabeth Brunson Loadholdt, affectionately known as “Betty,” passed peacefully into eternal life at the age of 91 in Newberry, S.C., on October 26. Born on October 11, 1934, in Clarendon County, S.C., she was the eldest daughter of the late William Alva...

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