{"id":127622,"date":"2024-03-13T12:28:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T16:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=127622"},"modified":"2024-03-14T05:45:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T09:45:36","slug":"a-report-on-the-2024-convention-of-the-anglican-diocese-of-south-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=127622","title":{"rendered":"A Report on the 2024 Convention of the Anglican diocese of South Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bishop Chip Edgar called the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina to exercise hospitality in\u00a0his address to the 2024 Convention<\/a>. The event, which drew more than 300 clergy, delegates and guests to the Cross Schools in Bluffton, was held March 8-9.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we are true to our nature as the people God has called to himself, keeping our blessings to ourselves is not an option,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He urged those present to be ready to welcome the stranger.\u00a0 \u201cPeople by the thousands continue to move to South Carolina\u2026 Many are unchurched, and study after study suggests that unchurched folks are more likely to visit a church plant than an established church,\u201d he said. \u201cBut many are churched, too, and churched folks are more likely to look for churches. To be hospitable, we have to both strengthen our existing churches and plant new ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

He made three proposals: \u201cOne, that we continue to encourage deaneries to work together to strategize church planting, and we set the goal for ourselves to add a new congregation to our diocese each year going forward; two, we reestablish our Congregational Development Committee to help our existing congregations; and three, that we, as a diocese, continue to raise up and emphasize the ministry and work of deacons in our diocese.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Join us this Sunday, July 23, 2023 as we, in The Anglican Diocese of South Carolina, pray for Bishop Chip Edgar and Bishop Emeritus Mark Lawrence as they begin their summer respites. #ACNA<\/a> #ADOSC<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ipSeFrsA13<\/a><\/p>\n

— Anglican Diocese of SC (@anglican_sc) July 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n