Social Ministries
William Temple said: “The Church exists primarily for the sake of those who are still outside it.” To that end, Social Ministries is one way we go out to love and serve the Lord as faithful witnesses of Christ our Lord. Below are some of the various ministries supported by clergy and lay ministers in the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina. Click on the menu on the left to learn more about each ministry.
Social Ministries are Christ-centered activities in areas such as, but not limited to:
- Disabilities
- Education
- Environmental
- Stewardship
- First Responders
- Health
- Hispanic
- Homelessness
- Hospice
- Hospital Chaplaincy
- Housing
- Hunger
- Ministry to the Aging
- Ministry with the Military
- Poverty
- Prison Ministry
- Racial Reconciliation
- Recovery
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