{"id":110722,"date":"2022-03-22T12:14:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T16:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=110722"},"modified":"2022-03-22T17:47:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T21:47:41","slug":"local-paper-south-carolinas-new-anglican-bishop-says-planting-new-churches-key-to-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=110722","title":{"rendered":"(Local Paper) South Carolina\u2019s new Anglican bishop says \u2018planting\u2019 new churches key to growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If anyone who knows what it takes to start a new church, it\u2019s the new bishop of the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Before being consecrated March 12 as the diocese\u2019s top clergyman, the Right Rev. Chip Edgar helped grow a number of churches between Illinois and Florida by several hundred parishioners. His latest charge involved starting a new congregation of 25 parishioners that grew to 400 regular worshippers in Columbia. This all during an era where Christianity and mainline denominations have suffered decline and continue to navigate a pandemic that has forced them to find different ways to worship.  <\/p>\n<p>Despite the challenges facing mainline Christianity, Edgar believes in the diocese\u2019s potential for growth. He agreed it will likely come about by starting new congregations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/features\/scs-new-anglican-bishop-says-planting-new-churches-key-to-growth\/article_3eca9bf2-a48f-11ec-a659-cbfd9183bdbc.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Despite the challenges facing mainline Christianity, the Right Rev. Chip Edgar believes in the diocese\u2019s potential for growth. <\/p>\n<p>He agreed it will likely come about by starting new congregations.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mLryCaSgcE\">https:\/\/t.co\/mLryCaSgcE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Post and Courier (@postandcourier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/postandcourier\/status\/1505272898927439880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If anyone who knows what it takes to start a new church, it\u2019s the new bishop of the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina. Before being consecrated March 12 as the diocese\u2019s top clergyman, the Right Rev. Chip Edgar helped grow<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=110722\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,54,435,184],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-south-carolina","category-ministry-of-the-ordained","category-parish-ministry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110722"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110725,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110722\/revisions\/110725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}