Church to keep conservative path
Bishop likely to extend Episcopal church's traditions
Sep. 21, 2006
By Johanna D. Wilson
The Sun News

Local believers feel the recent election of its newest bishop will continue to move the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina forward on its conservative path.

The Very Rev. Mark J. Lawrence, a native of Bakersfield, Calif., was elected the 14th bishop of South Carolina Saturday at St. Philip's Church in Charleston. His consecration will be Feb. 24.
"He is the sort of man that most of us wanted as bishop," said Marcia McKenna, a member for nearly nine years at Trinity Episcopal Church in Myrtle Beach.

Lawrence, 56, is what locals of the faith call a man of tradition who believes in the Bible as the word of God used as the authority of The Church.

His biblical take on faith mirrors that of Bishop Edward L. Salmon, Jr., 72, who is retiring. the rest