Standing Committee
The affairs of the Diocese are managed by the Bishop of the Diocese and The Standing Committee, which is comprised of the elected members of the Diocesan Executive Council. In accordance with the Constitution and Canons of The Episcopal Church and The Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina The Standing Committee's responsibilities are as follows:
- Act as the Standing Committee of the Diocese in accordance with the requirements of the Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church, the Constitution of this Diocese, and these Canons,
- Act as a Council of Advice to the Bishop, and
- Function as an interim legislative authority of Convention, performing such specific functions as are delegated to it by the Convention, the Constitution and the Canons, Such duties include administering the budget and financial resources of the Diocese as described within the Statement of Mission.
Click here to contact the Rev. Stephen Rhoades, President of Standing Committee.
Members of the Standing Committee
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
