Category: Columnists

The Second At Its Best

By Rev. Justin Nick, TCR News Editor On September 6, 2024, at 10 a.m., the Second Episcopal District gathered in mass at Ebenezer “The Beautiful” African Methodist Episcopal Church in… Read More »

Worship in the Covenant Community: Reflection on a Connectional Church School LessonDr. Chantrise Sims Holliman, 6th Episcopal District

On September 8, I was privileged to lead the lesson for Connectional Church School. As I prepared, God highlighted three significant themes worth sharing: where we worship, how we worship, and… Read More »

JW James Celebrates Double Mortgage Burning

In late July, JW James African Methodist Episcopal Church planned to celebrate a historic milestone: a double mortgage burning. After many years of work and sacrifice by the local church,… Read More »

The Tapestry of Me

J. Jioni Palmer, Contributing Writer I am a creator. A creator leaves a part of themselves in all of their creations. Regardless of the creation, the very act of bringing something into being… Read More »

Black August, the Journey Home to the Future, and the United Nations

Black August, the Journey Home to the Future, and the United Nations By Rev. Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith I recently took our Bread for the World summer interns to the National… Read More »

Who murdered Robert? Parliamentary Procedure in the AME Church

Who murdered Robert? Parliamentary Procedure in the AME Church In The Godfather, the title character’s son, Sonny Corleone, is gruesomely killed in an ambush on the Long Beach Causeway. Upon viewing… Read More »

The funAMEntals of Democracy

By Brandi Effiom, 4th Episcopal District Truthfully, as the DNC got closer, I started to regret agreeing to attend on behalf of The Christian Recorder. I am not a journalist… Read More »

From The Pastor’s Desk 

By Rev. Andre P. Jefferson, Jr., 2nd Episcopal District “Don’t hurt me.” “Why would we hurt you; you called us.” That was part of the exchange between Sonya Massey and… Read More »

Add value to another person’s life by offering them Jesus

  Add value to another person’s life by offering them Jesus   By Dr. Michael C. Carson, Senior Columnist Head of Maintenance for Baymont by Wyndham Kokomo, Indiana, Chris Bianco… Read More »

A BICENTENNIAL TO REMEMBER

By Joseph Contreras, Special to TCR On a postcard-perfect morning under cloudless Caribbean skies, hundreds of the Christian faithful filed through the whitewashed walls of the Bethel Samaná African Methodist… Read More »

Our AME Connection: We are Family!

Our AME Connection: We are Family! Rev. Dr. Wanda Henry-Jenkins I am the proud mother of a daughter who can on this seventh day state “I love this Church, I… Read More »

Three Out of Six Newly Elected Bishops In AME Church Are Sons of Bishops

Three Out of Six Newly Elected Bishops In AME Church Are Sons of Bishops By Angelena Spears, Columnist When six new bishops were elected this week at the 52nd Quadrennial… Read More »