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A Profile of Religion and Politics: Bethel AME of Tallahassee
A Profile of Religion and Politics: Bethel AME of Tallahassee By: Rev. Quardricos Bernard Driskell, Contributing Writer Religion was not the story in this year’s midterm elections, but the national… Read More »
THE LEDGE: The Cloud of Comparison
THE LEDGE: The Cloud of Comparison By Byron Washington, Columnist “Comparison is the thief of joy” – Theodore Roosevelt As our world is being driven and directed… Read More »
Finding a Voice and Asking Why
Finding a voice and asking why By Dr. Darryn Hewson, Contributing Writer Recently in Washington State the Supreme Court struck down the death penalty. The case was primarily based on… Read More »
Interview with Evangelist André Guimãraes
By Kiratiana Freelon, Contributing Writer For Black Americans, the “Black Church” and the fight against racism and social inequality go together like cornbread and greens. We have historically expected our… Read More »
Report from the 2nd Brazil District Conference (September 22-25, 2018)
By Presiding Elder Mirian Moraes Mudesto, 16th Episcopal District The second District Conference in Brazil was marked with intense discipleship by Bishop of the 16th District, Elizabeth Anne Henning Byfield,… Read More »
Bethel AME Church in Kenya Celebrates 10 Years
Bethel AME Church in Kenya Celebrates 10 Years It was a landmark time as the Bethel AME Church in Nakuru, Kenya, celebrated its 10th anniversary of existence. “Mother Bethel,” as… Read More »
8th Phenomenal Women’s Conference
8th Phenomenal Women’s Conference By Rev. Dr. Alice Hubbard Crenshaw, 8thEpiscopal District The Rev. Dr. Alice Hubbard Crenshaw, the pastor of Solomon Chapel AME Church in Cleveland, Mississippi, continues her… Read More »
When We All Vote
When We All Vote By Julius McAllister, III,11thEpiscopal District My name is Julius Harrison McAllister, III and I am a college sophomore with a major in political science with an… Read More »
Call to Conscience: Forward to Action (A Recap)
Call to Conscience: Forward to Action (A Recap) TCR Staff Report A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is an excellent book that should serve as… Read More »
A Moral Revolution During the Summer—A Call to Conscience: Forward to Action?
A Moral Revolution During the Summer—A Call to Conscience: Forward to Action? By Quardricos Bernard Driskell It’s the summertime. As Ella Fitzgerald as ‘Bess’ sung, “Summertime, and the livin is… Read More »
I Danced with God Last Night: Livin’ Large and Lovin’ It
I Danced with God Last Night: Livin’ Large and Lovin’ It By Rev. Dr. Maxine Thomas, Columnist The third epistle of John 2 says, “Beloved, I pray that all may… Read More »
Love by the Basketful
Love by the Basketful Love by the basketful is how the front page story in the Marietta Journalin Marietta, Georgia, described the recent ministry work of Turner Chapel AME Church,… Read More »