July 7, 2013
Bishop
L. Jonathan Holston is the new presiding bishop of the South
Carolina Annual Conference. Holston earned his M.Div. in biblical studies from
Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta, Ga. He also holds a B.A. in religion
from the University of Georgia in Athens. He has served on numerous UMC boards
and committees of The United Methodist Church at the conference and general
church level and comes to South Carolina from the North Georgia Annual
Conference. His love for missions has
taken him around the world and gained him the recognition as a mission
specialist in the North Georgia Conference Council of Ministries. He has
traveled extensively as a specialist in missions to Uganda, Costa Rica, Haiti,
Honduras, Zimbabwe, Kenya, India, China and Hong Kong.