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Remembering the First Health Commission Medical Director: Dr. Leonidas Berry
Remembering the First Health Commission Medical Director: Dr. Leonidas Berry Dr. Leonidas Berry (1902-1995) was the founder of the AME Church’s Connectional Health Commission. In 1948, Berry was elected its… Read More »
Unity, Justice, and Time in Martin Luther King’s Reality
Unity, Justice, and Time in Martin Luther King’s Reality By Chinelo Tyler, Connectional YPD President The “Letter From a Birmingham Jail” is an excellent artifact. It offers a complete historical… Read More »
Turner Chapel, Marietta Donates $25,000 to Turner Hill CDC
Turner Chapel, Marietta Donates $25,000 to Turner Hill CDC By Chelsye J. Burrows, 6thEpiscopal District The Rev. Dr. Tar-U-Way Richard Allen Bright, the senior pastor at Turner Chapel AME Church… Read More »
AME Churches in Malawi Receive Medical Mission from March 14-22
AME Churches in Malawi Receive Medical Mission from March 14-22 In just two days, March 15-16, over 1,000 medical treatments were provided to over 800 persons living in the Kasungu… Read More »
Mid-West Annual Conference RAYAC Hosts Revival
Mid-West Annual Conference RAYAC Hosts Revival With the theme “RAYAC Got Something to Say,” the Richard Allen Young Adult Council of the Mid-West Annual Conference in the 5th Episcopal District… Read More »
St. Paul, Houston Celebrates 150 Years: Faithfulness that Only God Can Bless
St. Paul, Houston Celebrates 150 Years: Faithfulness that Only God Can Bless By Denise Powell, 10thEpiscopal District From the seven feasts of Israel to the believer’s baptism, future marriage supper of… Read More »
Church School Continues to Flourish in First Episcopal District
Church School Continues to Flourish in First Episcopal District By Sister Angelena Spears, 1stEpiscopal District The First Episcopal District has something that not all Episcopal districts have—a district church school… Read More »
Religion is Hard to Characterize
Religion is Hard to Characterize By Traves Reames, 7thEpiscopal District Religion is hard to characterize on the grounds that human conviction structures are changed and convoluted. Numerous meanings of religion… Read More »
It’s Your Call
It’s Your Call By Dr. Jerome V. Harris, Executive Director All personal retirement accounts vested under the AME Church Ministerial Retirement Plan are exclusively owned by the ministerial participant. The… Read More »
Reclaim Mother’s Day
Reclaim Mother’s Day By Rev. Renita Green, Columnist Mother’s Day has always been a source of stress in my life. My mother died when I was four years old and… Read More »
Bricks Without Straw
Bricks Without Straw By Dr. Melinda Contreras-Byrd, Contributing Writer I am often reminded of the story in Exodus 5 when God faces off with Pharaoh by requiring the Israelites to meet… Read More »
Lansdowne District Conference
Lansdowne District Conference By Rev. Clive Pillay, 15thEpiscopal District Field Representative The fifth session of the re-organized Lansdowne District, under the leadership of Presiding Elder Abraham Neethling, was hosted by… Read More »