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Lessons Local Churches Can Learn From Military Strategies
Editor’s note: November 11 commemorates Veteran’s Day in the United States and we requested Retired Editor Calvin H. Sydnor, III to write this issue’s editorial. Lessons Local Churches Can Learn… Read More »
Court Restores Assets and Programs to First AME Church
Court Restores Assets and Programs to First AME Church By Cora Jackson-Fossett, Staff Writer, LA Sentinel The nearly five-year battle to obtain assets belonging to First AME Church of… Read More »
Celebrating the Retirement of the Rev. Dr. Ann F. Lightner-Fuller
Celebrating the Retirement of the Rev. Dr. Ann F. Lightner-Fuller By Licentiate Dawn M. Wayman, 2nd Episcopal District After 34 years of pastoral ministry, the Rev. Dr. Ann Lightner-Fuller… Read More »
Bishop and Supervisor Young Celebrate 50 Years of Marriage
Bishop and Supervisor Young Celebrate 50 Years of Marriage On September 23, 1967, a love story for the ages began as the Rev. McKinley Young and Dorothy Jackson were wed… Read More »
Child Murder Prosecutor—AME’s Heroine in the 15th District
Child Murder Prosecutor—AME’s Heroine in the 15th District By Maggie Grootboom, 15th Episcopal District TCR Field Representative Advocate Bonnie Currie-Gamwo (BCG), is a member of Mother Bethel AME Church,… Read More »
Powdered Pink Prayer
Powdered Pink Prayer By Rev. Jarrett B. Washington, Columnist Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint… Read More »
President of Edward Waters College Announces Retirement and Acquires $8.5 Million as Part of His Legacy
President of Edward Waters College Announces Retirement and Acquires $8.5 Million as Part of His Legacy On Tuesday, September 26, 2017, the Jacksonville City Council voted to approve an $8.5… Read More »
Help us Build St. John, Maseru!
Help us Build St. John, Maseru! By Rev. Beatrice ‘Mamphethe Motokoa, 18th Episcopal District In the past five to six years, Agnes Ball AME Church has grown to be… Read More »
19th Episcopal District Lay Organization 33rd Annual Convention
The 33rd Session of the 19th Episcopal District Lay Organization Convention convened at Umlazi Grace AME Church, a newly built church with a capacity of 500 seats, September 22-24, 2017…. Read More »
The Doors of the Church are Open: Bethel AME Church-Boston Shelters Undocumented Immigrants Facing Deportation
The Doors of the Church are Open: Bethel AME Church-Boston Shelters Undocumented Immigrants Facing Deportation By Rev. Shakira Sanchez Collins, MD, Columnist The Bethel AME Church in Boston, Massachusetts, recently… Read More »
North Atlanta District Sponsors Mayoral Forum for Atlanta Mayor Candidates
North Atlanta District Sponsors Mayoral Forum for Atlanta Mayor Candidates On Tuesday, September 26, 2017, Bishop Reginald T.Jackson, the presiding prelate of the Sixth Episcopal District of the AME Church… Read More »
Losing Your First Love
Losing Your First Love By Rev. Dr. Melinda Contreras-Byrd, Contributing Writer Revelation 2:1-3 says, ““To the angel of the church in Ephesus write…‘I know your works, your toil and your… Read More »