Diocesan Executive Council (DEC)
The Diocesan Executive Council (DEC) consists of the Bishop, 18 elected representatives (nine clergy and nine laity), convocation deans and lay wardens, the diocesan chancellors, and diocesan treasurer. Functioning as a "Diocesan Vestry," Council's responsibilities include service as the Council of Advice to the Bishop and as the Long-Range Planning Committee.
The work of the Council is most clearly expressed in and through the actions of the DEC Commissions. There are seven Commissions, by which the DEC expresses its strategic leadership ministry. They are:
- Commission on Ministry
- Commission for Congregations
- Commission on Convocations
- Commission on the Diocese
- Commission on The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion
- Commission on Mission and International Concerns
- Commission on Christian Formation
Each commission is responsible for implementing effective ministry in these areas, based upon the Bishop's and Council's priorities.
Members of the Diocesan Executive Council
Term ending in 2021
Ms. Mary Ellen Haile
Trinity Cathedral, Columbia
Ms. Rebecca Ann Kenner
All Saints’, Cayce
Ms. Melissa Langford (Assistant Secretary of Standing Committee/DEC)
Grace Church, Anderson
The Rev. Grant Wiseman
St. Thaddeus, Aiken
The Rev. Stephen Rhoades (President of Standing Committee/DEC)
St. James, Greenville
The Rev. Mitchell Smith
St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, Columbia
Term ending in 2022
Mr. Ethan Cashwell (Vice-President of Standing Committee/DEC)
St. Andrews, Greenville
The Rev. Suz Cate
Holy Trinity, Clemson
The Rev. Gary Eichelberger
St. Andrews, Greenville
Ms. Janet Rippy
Grace Church, Anderson
Mr. Steve Johnson
Church of the Advent, Spartanburg
The Rev. Pickett Wall
Grace Church, Camden
Term ending in 2023
The Rev. Mary Balfour Dunlap
Resurrection, Greenwood
Ms. Suzi Clawson
Good Shepherd, Columbia
The Rev. Paula Griffin
Church of the Advent, Spartanburg
The Rev. Charles Jenkins
Christ Church, Greenville
Dr. Joseph Ray
St. Luke’s, Columbia
Mr. Frank Wideman
Resurrection, Greenwood
Ex-Officio
Mr. Kirby Shealy (Chancellor)
Trinity Cathedral
Mr. J. P. Lee (Vice Chancellor)
Trinity Cathedral
Dr. Bill Sandberg (Treasurer)
St. Timothy’s, Columbia
The Rt. Rev. W. Andrew Waldo
Convocation Deans
The Rev. Jane Wilson
Catawba Convocation
Our Saviour, Rock Hill
The Rev. Christine Gregory
Gravatt Convocation
Church of the Ridge, Trenton
The Rev. Scott Fleischer
Midlands Convocation
St. John's, Columbia
The Rev. Jenny Gettys
Piedmont Convocation
Church of the Incarnation, Gaffney
The Rev. Mike Flanagan
Foothills Convocation
Holy Cross, Simpsonville
Convocation Lay Wardens
Mr. David Dudley
Catawba Convocation
St. Paul’s, Fort Mill
Currently Vacant
Gravatt Convocation
Mrs. Whitney Evans
Midlands Convocation
St. Timothy's, Columbia
Mr. Danny Shelton
Piedmont Convocation
St. Matthew’s, Spartanburg
Mr. Frank Boineau
Foothills Convocation
St. Peter’s, Greenville