Category: Columnists
And Are We yet Alive…!!
And Are We yet Alive…!! By Rev. Dr. Melinda Contreras-Byrd, TCR Contributing Writer And Are We Yet Alive This well-known song has special meaning to us now, in the year… Read More »
The General Conference “Business UNusual”
The General Conference “Business UNusual” By Rev. Gaborone P. Lesito, 19th District TCR Field Representative It has always surprised me to see a Church meeting agenda with “Unfinished Business” already in… Read More »
The Connectional Women in Ministry elects the Reverend Dr. Erika D. Crawford as President for a second term
The Connectional Women in Ministry elects the Reverend Dr. Erika D. Crawford as President for a second term By Rev. Renita Green, Columnist Elections were far from normal for the… Read More »
A Legislative Primer: From Proposal to Adoption
A Legislative Primer: From Proposal to Adoption Dr. Michael A. Cousin, Sr., 2nd Episcopal District Before the General Conference is called to order, the Revisions Committee is tasked with the responsibility… Read More »
General Conference 2021
By Rev. William E. Cooper Jr. The election of Bishops and General Officers is the highlight of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) General Conference which, this year, will be held… Read More »
We come to work
Nehemiah 4:6 So built we the wall…for the people had a mind to work. Rev. Dr. Melinda Contreras-Byrd, Contributing Writer The Nehemiah story tells of a group of Samarians led… Read More »
Creating Space and Making Room: Our Reasonable Service
Creating Space and Making Room: Our Reasonable Service By Vanessa Anderson “The doors of the church are now open” is a familiar saying during a sacred time in the worship… Read More »
Accountability Versus Justice
Accountability Versus Justice By Stephanie Pierson On April 20, 2021, after a three-week trial and 10 hours of deliberation, a jury found Derek Chauvin guilty of three criminal charges relating… Read More »
In Critical Condition: Voting Rights, Education, and American Democracy
In Critical Condition: Voting Rights, Education, and American Democracy By D’Weston Haywood, Ph.D. Republicans in state legislatures across the country are moving with lightning speed to restrict voting rights and… Read More »
Payne Receives Pathways for Tomorrow Initiate from Lilly
Payne Receives Pathways for Tomorrow Initiate from Lilly By Rev. Betty Whitted Holley, Ph.D. The Lilly Endowment seeks to assist theological schools in the United States and Canada accredited by… Read More »
Stand with Palestine!
By George Pratt, Contributing Writer Stand with Palestine! Heal their land Lord. And do it now! Oh Lord, we pray for Palestine. Apartheid MUST DIE! We speak it now. Oh… Read More »
The Truth is the Light
The Truth is the Light By Rev. Dr. Charles R. Watkins, Jr. Second Corinthians 5:17 says, “So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has… Read More »