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Reflections on January 20, 2025

By Bishop Adam J. Richardson, Jr., Senior Columnist As it should be, last week, we saw the peaceful transfer of power. The president-elect swore an oath to the Constitution of… Read More »

“Disputes Without and Fears Within”*: A Response to the Council of Bishops Statement from 1/28

*(Title from II Corinthians 7.5) By Rev. Dr. Jennifer S. Leath, 4th Episcopal District On 28 January 2025 the AME Church Council of Bishops published a significant “Statement on Executive… Read More »

President Jimmy Carter Speaks at St Mark AMEC Archery, Georgia Annual May Day Festival

By Clarence White, 6th Episcopal District President Jimmy Carter wrote in his books about growing up in Archery, Georgia, a now vanished mostly black town near Plains, where St Mark… Read More »

Reflections on January 6

By Bishop Adam J. Richardson, Jr., Retired Last night, in our customary fashion, the Bishops prayed. During the prayer meeting, I confessed that I had not fully recovered from the… Read More »

Brother to Sister 

By: Dr. Santarvis Brown , 11th Episcopal District My Dear Sisters, What do I tell you, my sisters, When hope seems to slip like water through fingers, When the sun… Read More »

A profile of Episcopal Supervisor Rev. Miriam Burnett, MD, MPH

By D’Yonce-Sade Williamson, First Episcopal District To know you are called is one thing, but to act on it is another. From age 5, the Rev. Dr. Miriam Burnett felt… Read More »

Your Life and Legacy of Thanksgiving, Courage, and Abiding Love

By Rev. Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith“Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.” Colossians 4:2“Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.” I John 4:8… Read More »

Maybe God is trying to tell us something!

By Presiding Elder Betty Holley, Contributing Writer The big question on many of our minds, “Why did God allow the disappointing election results revealed on November 5, 2024?” Grappling mentally… Read More »

Southwest Zimbabwe Annual Conference State of the Church Report

By Rev. Charles Matlobo, 20th Episcopal District The State of the Church report presented at the just-ended Southwest Zimbabwe Annual Conference has called upon the church to embark on an… Read More »

The Heart of an Interecessor

Rev. Andre Jefferson, Sr., Rev. Justin Nick, Rev. Christian Savage, and Rev. Tricia Thomas, 2nd Episcopal District Prayer is more than a religious practice; it is a personal conversation with… Read More »

What’s Next?

Rev. Renita Green, Columnist In moments of persistent decline, many congregations find themselves asking a tough question: What’s Next? This question often surfaces after months, years, or even decades of… Read More »

Kingdom Prayers II

By Rev. Joseph Parker, 8th Episcopal District What difference did it make that I prayed today? And what difference did it make what I prayed for? Did it make a… Read More »