Category: Columnists

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 »

Rights & Rituals: Black Women and Daily Balms of Sanity

by Dora Muhammad, Contributing Writer The news headline, “Hurricane Erin explodes into monster category 5 storm in the Caribbean,” welcomed me the morning I sat down to finish editing this column—one… Read More »

A Humble and Transformational Leader 

By Mrs. Joan Phillips-Bennett, 16th Episcopal District Leadership in the church is not without its challenges, and true leaders are often defined not by their perfection but by their ability to… Read More »

Church Dedications – Jerusalema E Ncha Circuit

By Rev. Gaborone P. Lesito, 19th Episcopal District TCR Field Representative Saturday 23 August 2025 came as a bright and beautiful day for the 19th Episcopal District, Mangena Maake Mokone Memorial Conference… Read More »

WOMEN’S CONVENTION 2025 – GHANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Frederick Ofori Agyemang, 14th ED TCR Field Representative The Women’s Convention is a non-denominational Women’s program organised annually by the women of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Ghana.  The program… Read More »

The link between Identity and Power

The Prism of “Race” By Mr. Melvin Esau, Contributing Writer Foreword My understanding of “race” stems from my participation in the struggle for liberation of the working-class people in South… Read More »

Worship with my Son in the Ministry

Bishop David R. Daniels I worshipped with one of my son-in-the-ministry, the Reverend Dr. Cassius Levan Barclay, pastor of St. Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church, in Pomaria, South Carolina, on… Read More »

AME University Brings Hope to Children in Soniwien Community and its Environments in Monrovia, Liberia

AME University has reaffirmed its commitment to social responsibility by extending critical educational support to children in one of the slum communities and its environment. The initiative, held on Thursday,… Read More »

Not Everyone Makes It In: Why I Do Not Want a Heaven with Nazis

 By Rev. Terrance L Thomas, Contributing Writer Quardricos Driskell’s essay “If Charlie Kirk Goes to Heaven” was written in response to Kirk’s recent death, asking readers to imagine the conservative activist finally learning to… Read More »

Sealy Memorial AME Church in Barbados hosts South Carolina Lowcountry Voice Choir.

By Presiding Elder Carlene Sobers, 16th Episcopal District In late June, the island of Barbados received a group of visitors celebrating a special type of homecoming. The Lowcountry Voices Choir participated… Read More »

Hope Me Something

By Claire B. Crawford, PhD., Contributing Writer Where is our now-hope?  Dr. Irvin Hunt begins his book, Dreaming the Present, with the words of Fannie Lou Hamer: “Hope me something.”… Read More »

Updates from the 10th Episcopal District Social Justice and Social Action Ministry

By Rev. Dr. Micael Waters, 10th Episcopal District In this article, we wish to highlight some of the work of the 10th Episcopal District’s Social Justice and Social Action Ministry. As you… Read More »