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A Letter to My Unborn Black Son
A Letter to My Unborn Black Son Dear Ulysses IV, Dad here. I know you’ve yet to be conceived or even thought of for that matter, but there’s a strong… Read More »
Mt Zion AME Church Celebrates Groundbreaking
Mt Zion AME Church Celebrates Groundbreaking The Mt. Zion AME Church family celebrated its groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday, June 10, on the site of the previous church that was destroyed… Read More »
Report from the 2017 Annual Session of the General Board and Council of Bishops
Report from the 2017 Annual Session of the General Board and Council of Bishops TCR Staff Report From June 20-21, 2017, African Methodist Episcopal Church clergy and lay leaders gathered… Read More »
The General Board Self-Study is Moving Forward
The General Board Self-Study is Moving Forward At the 2017 General Board meeting, an update on the Self-Study was given by Bishop Vashti McKenzie, General Board President and Self-Study… Read More »
The Widow’s Plight: As We Celebrate International Widows’ Day 2017, Are Churches Failing the Widow?
The Widow’s Plight: As We Celebrate International Widows’ Day 2017, Are Churches Failing the Widow? By Ida Tyree Hyche, Esq., International Editor, The Missionary Magazine International Widows’ Day, introduced to address poverty and… Read More »
AMEC Publishing House and Payne Theological Seminary Sponsor a Writing Workshop
AMEC Publishing House and Payne Theological Seminary Sponsor a Writing Workshop The Rev. Dr. Priscilla Boswell, Carlene L. Douglas, and the Rev. Tashara Void A recent Writing Workshop… Read More »
AMEs Honored at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary Gala; Bishop Ingram Gives Keynote Address
AMEs Honored at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary Gala; Bishop Ingram Gives Keynote Address The Center for the Church and the Black Experience (CBE) at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary will honor the… Read More »
Steadfast, Unmovable—Celebrating 50 Years of Ministry of Presiding Elder Ronald Braxton
Steadfast, Unmovable—Celebrating 50 Years of Ministry of Presiding Elder Ronald Braxton In 1967, television cameras aired Black Americans’ frustration with injustice. Riots in Detroit, Michigan, and Newark, New Jersey propelled… Read More »
Build with Us—Messiah Temple, Downtown Chingola, AME Church
Build with Us—Messiah Temple, Downtown Chingola, AME Church By Rev. Royd Mwandu, 17th District Field Representative Messiah Temple Downtown Chingola AME Church is located in the central business area of… Read More »
Educating for Sustainability
Educating for Sustainability By Presiding Elder Betty Holley, Ph.D., Contributing Writer There is a severe need for educating for sustainability in the African American community, a huge social concern…. Read More »
Harmonious Discord: Reflections on the Global Development Assembly
Harmonious Discord: Reflections on the Global Development Assembly By Mrs. Valerie Gary Bell, 2nd Episcopal District As a member of the Global Development Commission of the General Board, I… Read More »
Remembering the Honorable Reverend Clementa Pinckney
Remembering the Honorable Reverend Clementa Pinckney By Sandra Archer Young, Ph.D. 7th Episcopal District “When my room becomes a public hall, and my face becomes a looking glass…” I often… Read More »