Category: Columnists
Worship with my Son in the Ministry
Bishop David R. Daniels I worshipped with one of my son-in-the-ministry, the Reverend Dr. Cassius Levan Barclay, pastor of St. Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church, in Pomaria, South Carolina, on… Read More »
AME University Brings Hope to Children in Soniwien Community and its Environments in Monrovia, Liberia
AME University has reaffirmed its commitment to social responsibility by extending critical educational support to children in one of the slum communities and its environment. The initiative, held on Thursday,… Read More »
Not Everyone Makes It In: Why I Do Not Want a Heaven with Nazis
By Rev. Terrance L Thomas, Contributing Writer Quardricos Driskell’s essay “If Charlie Kirk Goes to Heaven” was written in response to Kirk’s recent death, asking readers to imagine the conservative activist finally learning to… Read More »
Sealy Memorial AME Church in Barbados hosts South Carolina Lowcountry Voice Choir.
By Presiding Elder Carlene Sobers, 16th Episcopal District In late June, the island of Barbados received a group of visitors celebrating a special type of homecoming. The Lowcountry Voices Choir participated… Read More »
Hope Me Something
By Claire B. Crawford, PhD., Contributing Writer Where is our now-hope? Dr. Irvin Hunt begins his book, Dreaming the Present, with the words of Fannie Lou Hamer: “Hope me something.”… Read More »
Updates from the 10th Episcopal District Social Justice and Social Action Ministry
By Rev. Dr. Micael Waters, 10th Episcopal District In this article, we wish to highlight some of the work of the 10th Episcopal District’s Social Justice and Social Action Ministry. As you… Read More »
A Connectional Turning Point for the AME Church
Rev. Dr. Dimpho Gaobepe, 19th Episcopal District The election of an African lay president, Brother Matikane Abednego Makiti, to the Connectional Lay Organization of the African Methodist Episcopal Church marks not merely a… Read More »
The Steeple Has Fallen, but The Stone Is Still Standing! Reverend Dr. Marlon D. Ector, Contributing Writer
Stone Springfield African Methodist Episcopal Church, located in Stapleton, Georgia, of the Augusta Annual Conference, in the 6th Episcopal District, Celebrated Easter Weekend with a special ribbon-cutting. After being displaced for… Read More »
“This Is to Certify…”
Robbie Colson Ramsey, Contributing Writer When a bishop stands behind that sacred desk and proclaims the Great Commission hymn and his or her melodic voices rise from the pulpit—“Go, preach… Read More »
“Look on Us”: Seeing Suffering Through the Eyes of Christ
By Rev. Mycal X. Brickhouse We live in perilous times. War displaces families from their homes. Famine starves communities already battered by poverty. Cruel political policies separate children from their… Read More »
The Power of Mentoring is Needed in These Days Ahead
By James B. Ewers, Jr., Ed.D. The United States of America is the land of the free and the home of the brave. As one person said proudly, “It’s a… Read More »
Hymn of Healing
By Reverend Dr. Kabrielle M. Baker, Contributing Writer On August 25, 2024, during the General Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the late Bishop Anne Henning Byfield preached a… Read More »