BEHOLD 2026
Gather with us for BEHOLD, the GMC of SC Annual Conference that is full of Biblical teaching, passionate worship, and encouragement from other believers across the state. BEHOLD has been designed for church members, leaders, and all interested in growing in their love for God and others.
When: Thursday, August 6 (clergy only) Friday, August 7 - Saturday, August 8, 2026 (open to everyone)
Where: Southern Wesleyan University 907 Wesleyan Dr. Central, SC 29630
A Prayer Guide for GMC of SC Behold Annual Conference 2026 Seeking God's Face for Every Decision A 20-Day Devotional Prayer Journey
We invite you to cover the GMC of South Carolina 2026 Behold Annual Conference, its delegates, its deliberations, and every decision that will be made with prayer. We ask you to pray each day for the next three weeks. We believe no resolution passed at Annual Conference carries more weight than the prayers lifted before the throne of grace, and that God, who is sovereign over all things, delights to move when His people seek His face.
Over the next weeks leading up to our Behold Conference please consider being prayer intercessors trusting what God ordains in heavenly places will be faithfully enacted in our earthly assembly. May every agenda item, every vote, every conversation, and every leader be bathed in prayer, so that when the conference concludes, it can be said with full confidence: the Holy Spirit presided, and Christ was honored.
In addition to prayer for South Carolina’s Behold Annual Conference, we graciously invite you to please pray for the GMC General Conference. Soon there will be a publication release of a 40-day prayer initiative guide. People from all over the globe have submitted heartfelt prayers that have been compiled and will be published. You will hear more about this initiative soon.
Pre Conference Packet
Click HERE or on the image for the 2026 Behold Pre Conference Packet.
Conference Superintendent Rev. Erik Grayson
Committee on Superintendency Rev. Darren Hook, chair
Note: PE "Salary Support” is PE “Staff Support”Finance Phil Owens, chair
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Thursday, August 6th - Pre-Conference/Clergy Session
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm // Blue Hill Coffee Open
2:00 pm // Campus Open
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm // Clergy Registration [Lobby of Newton Hobson Chapel]
3:30 pm - 6:00 pm // Clergy Session [Nicholson-Mitchell Chapel – ALIVE Chapel]
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm // Clergy Headshots [Nicholson-Mitchell Chapel - ALIVE Chapel]
6:45 pm // Senior Status Dinner - [for retiring clergy at this Annual Conference]
Friday, August 7th
8:00 am // Campus Open
Registration [Lobby of Newton Hobson Chapel]
Vendors [Dining Commons, The Founders, & Newton Hobson Chapel]
Blue Hill Coffee Open 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
8:30 am - 9:45 am // Prayer Chapel & Lay Preaching [Freedom’s Hill]
9:30 am // Chapel Doors Open
10:00 am - 11:45 am // Session 1 (Combined: Session 1: 10:00 am -11:25 am - Business Session 11:30 am- 12:00 pm) [Newton Hobson Chapel]
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm // Lunch Break & Lunch Events
Lunch [Dining Commons]
Networking Lunches [Dining Commons] *See Networking Lunches List
Prayer Chapel & Lay Preaching [Freedom’s Hill]
Vendors [Dining Commons,The Founders, & Newton Hobson Chapel]
Blue Hill Coffee Open 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Session 2 Run Thru [Newton Hobson Chapel]
1:00 pm // Women’s Ministry Networking [Nicholson-Mitchell Chapel - Room 203]
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm // Breakout 1
3:30 pm // Chapel Doors Open
4:00pm - 5:45 pm // Session 2 [Newton Hobson Chapel]
Saturday, August 8th
8:00 am - 9:00 am // Ordination Breakfast [Pendleton Global Methodist Church]
8:00 am - 10:00 am // Campus Open
Prayer Chapel & Lay Preaching [Freedom’s Hill]
Vendors [Dining Commons, The Founders, & Newton Hobson Chapel]
Blue Hill Coffee [International Missions Partners]
9:30 am // Chapel Doors Open
10:00 am - 11:45 pm // Session 3 [Newton Hobson Chapel]
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm // Lunch Break & Events
Lunch [Dining Commons]
Networking Lunches [Dining Commons] *See Networking Lunches ListPrayer Chapel & Lay Preaching [Freedom’s Hill]
Vendors [Dining Commons,The Founders, & Newton Hobson Chapel]
International Missions Partners [Blue Hill Coffee]
1:00 pm // Clergy Spouse’s Meeting [Blue Hill Coffee]
1:00 pm // Ordination Rehearsal [Newton Hobson Chapel]
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm // Breakout 2
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm // Worship Rehearsal and Choir Rehearsal [Newton Hobson Chapel]
3:30 pm // Chapel Doors Open
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm // Ordination Service [Newton Hobson Chapel]
5:00 pm // Ordination Reception [Newton Hobson Chapel Lobby]
*Subject to minor changes.
Networking Lunches
Networking lunches are opportunities to connect with a particular ministry area of the annual conference. These informal gatherings will be hosted in the Dining Commons during the 2-hour lunch break. We invite you to visit any of the networking lunches listed below.
(Look for the color coded balloons for the location in the Dining Commons)
Friday
Faith Moves Mountains - [green]
Youth Collective – [yellow]
Young Adult Collective – [blue]
Alpha – [red]
Saturday
Faith Moves Mountains – (green]
Children’s Collective – [yellow]
Missions Collective // Oasis & Peru Representatives – [blue]
Disaster Response Teams – [red]
Breakout Sessions
Alpha
Margaret Cotton & Beth Faulk
Nicholson-Mitchell Room 203
Grace-Driven Discipleship
Bishop Carolyn Moore
Nicholson-Mitchell Chapel
Lay Ministry
Leesa Judd & Certified Lay Ministers Dining Commons – Lower Level - Clayton Hall, Room 1
AI & Ministry: A Panel Discussion
SWU & GMC of SC Panelists
Dining Commons – Lower Level – Harrington Hall, Room 2
Family & Ministry: Unleashing Kingdom Impact at Home
Trevor Miller & Jessica Coates
Dining Commons – Lower Level - Smith Hall, Room 3
Holiness of Heart and Life: Growing through Spiritual Practices
Susannah Pittman
Dining Commons – Lower Level – Teter Hall. Room 4
SPEAKERS
Dr. Matt O’Reilly is lead pastor at Christ Church Birmingham, Director of Research at Wesley Biblical Seminary, and a senior fellow of the Center for Pastor Theologians. A two-time recipient of the Stott Award for Pastoral Engagement, he is author of Free to Be Holy: A Biblical Theology of Sanctification and Paul and the Resurrected Body: Social Identity and Ethical Practice.
Bishop Kenneth R. Levingston has served as a local pastor to God’s people across rural, urban, suburban, and multicultural settings for over 41 years. Deeply rooted in the authority of Scripture, his ministry is anchored by a steadfast commitment to preaching the grace and truth of Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit.
For the past 18 years, Bishop Levingston has served as the Senior Pastor of Jones Memorial (The Higher Way Church). Following his church’s disaffiliation from its former denomination, he demonstrated his heart for connectional ministry by serving as a “Circuit Rider” between Jones Memorial, St. Paul, and Pleasant Grove Methodist Churches from 2023 through December 2025.
In 2024, at the Convening General Conference of the Global Methodist Church, he was consecrated as one of six newly elected Bishops. In this role, he works faithfully to fulfill the Great Commission—making disciples of Jesus Christ and spreading scriptural holiness across the globe.
Bishop Levingston has been married for 38 years to his wife Shanda Kaye and they have two daughters Brittany and Ke’Andra.
Bishop Carolyn Moore is a two-time graduate of Asbury Theological Seminary, and has served as a pastor and church planter in the Methodist tradition since 1998. She writes, preaches and teaches widely on holiness, prayer, and the person and work of the Holy Spirit. Find her blog and podcast at ArtOfHoliness.com. She is the author of four Bible studies (Encounter Jesus, Encounter the Spirit, Encounter the Father and Supernatural, and two books (The 19; and When Women Lead).
Carolyn served from its inception on the leadership team of the Wesleyan Covenant Association, first as vice-Chair then as Chair. In the years that the Wesleyan Covenant Association was developing a vision for the Global Methodist Church, she traveled widely to speak about the work. Perhaps her most notable contribution was as the leader of the WCA's intercessory prayer team. She also served on the team that developed doctrinal statements for the denomination.
Carolyn has been joyfully married since 1986 to Steve Moore, a retired public school teacher and avid student of U.S. History. Together, they have one daughter, a son-in-law (also a GMC pastor), two grandchildren, and two spiritual children they call their own.