Category: Features
The Reverends Drs. Ray and Gloria White-Hammond Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at Oikos Institute Gala
The African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church celebrates with great pride the recognition of two of its own, the Reverend Drs. Ray and Gloria White-Hammond have been awarded the 2025 Lifetime… Read More »
Bethel AME Church in Accra Welcomes Five Bishops and Sister Churches
“So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.” — Luke… Read More »
Transition of Bishop Reginald Thomas Jackson (1954-2025)
Bishop Reginald Thomas Jackson was the Presiding Prelate of the Second Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) which comprises all the AME churches in the State of… Read More »
Reverend Dr. Alvin E. Attah Brings Hope and Renewal to Remote AME Churches in Rural Liberia
The two-day visit, held on October 20 and 21, 2025, was marked by joy, prayer, and deep emotion as church members, pastors, and villagers gathered to welcome Dr. Attah and… Read More »
Reflections on a Remarkable Day at Morehouse College
By Adam Jefferson Richardson, Jr., It was the 40th Martin Luther King Jr. College of Ministers and Laity induction ceremony at Morehouse College. I, along with 109 inductees, included 20… Read More »
America Is On Edge Today. Can’t You Feel It?
By James B. Ewers Jr., Ed.D. When I was young and had a fever, I always felt a bit different. Things weren’t normal. I wanted to get back to my… Read More »
An AME Woman of Valor: Ruth Ellen Lewis Marshall and the Legacy of the 6888th Battalion
By Mrs. Rose Caldwell and Rev. Dwayne A. Gary, 4th Episcopal District At 98 years old, Ruth Ellen Lewis Marshall, a faithful member of Woodlawn African Methodist Episcopal Church on Chicago’s… Read More »
A Visit to Al Khalil
By Dr. Darryn J Hewson I am writing this as I sit in my in-laws’ house in Al Khalil (Hebron), Palestine. When I sat down to write, I thought about… Read More »
Generosity, Leadership, and Legacy: Insights from Black Christian Leaders in Our Executive Certificate in Religious Fundraising Cohorts
Dr. Carlos W. Perkins, Associate Director of Engagement, Lake Institute on Faith & Giving Over the last 18 months, I have had the privilege of facilitating multiple cohorts of the… Read More »
Rights & Rituals: Black Women and Daily Balms of Sanity
by Dora Muhammad, Contributing Writer The news headline, “Hurricane Erin explodes into monster category 5 storm in the Caribbean,” welcomed me the morning I sat down to finish editing this column—one… Read More »
A Humble and Transformational Leader
By Mrs. Joan Phillips-Bennett, 16th Episcopal District Leadership in the church is not without its challenges, and true leaders are often defined not by their perfection but by their ability to… Read More »
Church Dedications – Jerusalema E Ncha Circuit
By Rev. Gaborone P. Lesito, 19th Episcopal District TCR Field Representative Saturday 23 August 2025 came as a bright and beautiful day for the 19th Episcopal District, Mangena Maake Mokone Memorial Conference… Read More »