However, the court ruled that the other 14 parishes and the St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center were the property of the Episcopal Church in South Carolina and must be returned.

The resolutions were designed to conditionally disaffiliate the diocese from the Episcopal Church and also call for a special diocesan convention.

The convention voted to affirm the disassociation and amend the diocesan constitution and canons to remove all references to the Episcopal Church.

It also voted to accept temporary "primatial oversight" from Anglican Communion bishops in the Global South, an action which Bishop Lawrence stated brought it "an extra-provincial diocesan status, gracious oversight from one of the largest ecclesial entities within the Communion.

[16] The diocese held a two-day meeting in April 2015 at St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center examining "possible compatibility" with the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA).

[18] The Anglican Diocese of South Carolina voted unanimously to affiliate with ACNA at their annual Convention, held in Summerville, on 11 March 2017.

On February 3, 2015, a South Carolina Circuit Court judge ruled that the Anglican diocese was entitled to the property and the historical name.

[22][23] The Episcopal Church appealed, and the South Carolina Supreme Court issued a complicated decision on August 2, 2017.

The court split on the issue of who owned the name Diocese of South Carolina, leaving that portion of the 2015 decision in place.

In his clarification of the multiple Supreme Court opinions, Dickson explained, "the Dennis Canon by itself does not create a legally cognizable trust, nor does it transfer title to property".

While the settlement did not affect remaining issues regarding the property rights of three parishes still pending before the state Supreme Court or a betterments lawsuit by several parishes pending in state trial court, "it does resolve all remaining issues regarding diocesan properties."

As part of the settlement, St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center on Seabrook Island was transferred from the ADOSC to the EDOSC on October 1, 2022.

“This settlement agreement allows us to invest our diocesan energy, time, focus, and resources in gospel ministry rather than litigation," Edgar commented.

"While the losses we have experienced, including those of St. Christopher and several of our parish buildings are painful, I am grateful that the work we have done has brought an end to litigation between our dioceses.