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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=3 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="058fd5a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Southern Methodist Church</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Southern Methodist Church"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>About Us</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Ministries"><U>Our Ministries</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Conferences"><U>Conferences</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Related Links</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar"><U>Calendar</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Other Helps"><U>Other Helps</U></A><B>   |   </B><A 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spreading Biblical holiness to all people after the example of John Wesley and the early Methodist movement. </div> <bR> <div> Our mission is to proclaim the infallible, inerrant, authoritative Word of God, reaching out to all people with the gospel of Jesus Christ, inviting them into a personal faith and a loving, Christ-centered fellowship, discipling and equipping them unto spiritual maturity, and together worshipping God personally and corporately, all through the power of the Holy Spirit and prayer. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Denominational Profile</B></div> <bR> <div> The Southern Methodist Church is a conservative denomination with churches located in the southeastern part of the United States.</div> <bR> <div> With approximately 110 churches and 7,500 members located from Maryland to Florida, South Carolina to Texas, the denomination seeks to continue the doctrinal heritage of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and to spread the message of salvation and Biblical holiness that John Wesley preached. </div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="596" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 280 ><NOBR><div> <B>Contact Information</B></div> <bR> <div> Telephone </div> <div> 803-536-1378</div> <bR> <div> FAX </div> <div> 803-535-3881 </div> <bR> <div> Postal address </div> <div> PO Box 39, Orangeburg, SC 29116-0039 </div> <bR> <div> Electronic mail </div> <div>      <A HREF="mailto:smchq@bellsouth.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:smchq@bellsouth.net"><U>General Information</U></A></div> <div>      <A HREF="mailto:smadmin@bellsouth.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:smadmin@bellsouth.net"><U>Webmaster</U></A></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="10b0b120.jpg" border=0 width="267" height="274" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>Send us your comments:</B><FONT SIZE="3" 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