Category: Columnists

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 »

Left in the Dark

Left in the Dark By Rev Quinton W Liebenberg, M.Div, Contributing Writer The 52nd session of the AMEC General Conference commenced on 20th August 2024Columbus, Ohio, USA. Delegates from districts… Read More »

An Open Letter to Districts 14-20 of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

AN OPEN LETTER TO DISTRICT 14-20 OF THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH  By Rev. Thato Mere, 19th Episcopal District Following the disappointing, disheartening, and demoralizing outcomes of the Bishops’ elections… Read More »

Business Sessions 12 and Legislative Summary

Business Sessions 12 and Legislative Summary Rev. Dr. James A. Keeton, Jr. Business Session 12 of the 52nd Quadrennial Session of the General Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church was… Read More »

Newly elected bishops hopeful about the future AME Church

Six new bishops were selected Aug. 26 at the African Methodist Episcopal Church’s 52nd Quadrennial session of the General Conference.. The Revs. Erika D. Crawford (Mt. Zion AME, Dover, DE.),… Read More »