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Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month: Raising Awareness and Taking Action
The Reverend Dr. Ann Marie Bentsi-Addison D. Min, M.Div., MSN, CNM, CNS, LSSGB Executive Director, International Health Commission November is recognized as Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) Awareness Month, a time to shed light… Read More »
Celebrating the leadership of Michael A. Cousin Jr.
Terrence Sanford, FEDLO Director of Public Relations At the 82nd Annual Fourth Episcopal District Lay Convention, held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, we witnessed a momentous occasion as Mr. Michael A. Cousin… Read More »
A Royal Experience: Connectional YPD Leadership Training Institute 2025
By Mark Johnson, Connectional YPD Parliamentarian and LaQuandrea Sweat, Connectional YPD 1st Vice President The Connectional Young People’s and Children’s Division (YPD) of the African Methodist Episcopal Church gathered in… 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 »
The Historic Appointment of Rev. Dr. Ntshadi Juvinile Dithipe-Moeti as Presiding Elder
By Rev. Gaborone P. Lesito, 19th Episcopal District TCR Field Representative The 128th Session of the West Annual Conference has made remarkable history when Bishop Wilfred Jacobus Messiah appointed the Reverend Dr. Ntshadi… 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 »
World Methodist Council Steering Committee Gathers in Accra, Ghana
The World Methodist Council Steering Committee recently convened in Accra, Ghana, bringing together global leaders of the Methodist family to advance the work of the Council during the current Quinquennium…. Read More »
Columbus AME Churches Unite in Historic Worship Service Celebrating Faith, Legacy, and Unity
By Col. James B. L. Payne, Lay Organization, The Historic St. Paul AME – In a moment of profound spiritual celebration, two of Columbus’ most historic African Methodist Episcopal (AME) congregations—The… Read More »
A World Without Wilberforce: Why Alumni, Community, and Corporate Support Must Secure the Future of America’s First Private HBCU
By Lena Arnold, Office of Institutional Advancement Wilberforce University New campus construction model from 1967 Wilberforce yearbook. Imagine the Miami Valley region without Wilberforce University. No students energizing the local economy. … 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 »