The Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South Carolina has nearly 30,000 baptized members spread across the eastern and coastal portion of the state. The Diocese dissociated from the Episcopal Church in the Fall of 2012. We continue as faithful Anglicans under the leadership of The Rt. Rev. Mark J. Lawrence, the 14th Bishop of the Diocese, pursuing the vision first cast in his message at the 2009 Diocesan Convention, where he urged us to focus on "Making Biblical Anglicans for a Global Age." Our continuing mission is, "To respond to the Great Commission by so presenting Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit that all may come to know Him as Savior and follow Him as Lord in the fellowship of His Church.'