under wood's leadership, st. andrews was described as "one of the lowcountry’s biggest church success stories", growing to a membership of more than 3,000 and planting new churches in goose creek, downtown charleston, and the park circle area of north charleston. in 2006, wood was one of three finalists in the election for bishop of south carolina; ultimately mark lawrence was elected. in 2010, st. andrew's voted by a large margin to leave the episcopal church and affiliate with the anglican church in north america.