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“We cannot stand idly by.” AME bishop urges mass turnout on Nov. 3 election day in push against efforts to mute the Black vote
By Rev. Joseph D. Bryant, 9th Episcopal District The U.S. Supreme Court and state legislatures might have dealt a blow to African American representation and voting access, but the right… Read More »
An Invitation to Pastoral Ministry in the Eighth Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church
August 29, 2026 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ Jesus: The Eighth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church is prayerfully seeking ministers and other qualified persons who may… Read More »
Kelly Russaw Shelton, Aspirant for the office of Connectional Treasurer of the Women’s Missionary Society
Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and He will establish your plans. Proverbs 16:3 (NIV) Kelly Russaw Shelton is a hardworking member of the Fourth Episcopal District under the… Read More »
Third Episcopal District Announces Crystal E. Harris as Aspirant for Connectional Editor of the Women’s Missionary Society Magazine
THIRD EPISCOPAL DISTRICT – The Third Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church announces Crystal E. Harris as an aspirant for Connectional Editor of the Wome n’s Missionary Society… Read More »
Former Pastor of Historic AME Church Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud and Tax Evasion
By TCR Staff On September 14, 2026, Rev. Keith Rydell Mayes, Sr., 63, former pastor of Vernon AME Church in Tulsa, pleaded guilty to Bank Fraud and Tax Evasion in… Read More »
Sick To Our Stomachs
Do you feel sick to your stomach? Well, there’s a good chance that it isn’t just because of your conscience reacting to the bigotry and corruption coming out of the White House these days.
In fact, thanks to the Trump Administration firing inspectors and gutting CDC surveillance, there’s a decent chance that the food you’re eating is actively poisoning you.
A Historic AME Partnership: Payne Theological Seminary and Edward Waters University Expand the Possibilities of Ministry
By Rev. Betty Whitted Holley, Ph.D., President, Payne Theological Seminary There are moments in the life of an institution when partnership becomes more than cooperation—it becomes a declaration of possibility…. Read More »
Binary Choice
By Antjuan Seawright, Columnist Have you ever noticed that every time voters of color stand up and start leading the charge for change against this MAGA failure, President Trump finds… Read More »
Transition of Bishop Theodore Larry Kirkland, Sr. (1942-2026)
The Right Reverend Theodore Larry Kirkland, Sr. was elected and consecrated the one hundred fourteenth Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1996 in Louisville, Kentucky. His first assignment… Read More »
Nobody Told Us the Road Would Be Easy
By Antjuan Seawright, Columnist When President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law on August 6, 1965, the weight of disenfranchisement was removed from the chest of every… Read More »
Rights & Rituals: Black Women and Sensual Fire
by Dr. Dora Muhammad My master had the law on his side; I had a determined will. There is might in each. – Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of… Read More »
New Year, New Vision
How Greater Allen AME Church in Dayton, Ohio Is Building Senior Housing Through a Land-Lease Model On a quiet stretch of Dayton, Ohio—where older homes and longtime neighbors tell the… Read More »