Welcome to New Hope UMC website!

This website is designed for purpose of encouraging our members and friends to better work together for the glory of the Lord. We are a small church in the small community of Rowesville, SC. Our church was founded in 1825 and has been at its present location since 1905. We are home to families who have roots in the community and newcomers as well. One of our projects is to capture the colorful history of the church and to make it available on this site. 

Our pastor is Kevin Liles. He is also pastor of Branchville UMC, as we are part of a two - church charge. This has been our status for several years and has worked well. We have many friends with the Branchville church and during the pandemic worshipped together with them in outdoor services.  We met at Branchville in a vacant lot for several months and recently enjoyed Easter worship with them. Our Sunday service is at 10 a.m. Branchville follows at 11:15. We are pleased to have Kevin with us for another year and are delighted to share him with the folks at Branchville UMC. Kevin has recently begun recording his weekly sermons for us and they are available under the News tab.