Category: Columnists
Celebrating Centenarian Muriel Walker of Sealy Memorial AME Church, Barbados
Muriel Walker turned 100 on October 8, 2024. She is an active member of Sealy Memorial AME Church in Barbados and credits her faith in God and her quest for… Read More »
Reflections on January 20, 2025
By Bishop Adam J. Richardson, Jr., Senior Columnist As it should be, last week, we saw the peaceful transfer of power. The president-elect swore an oath to the Constitution of… Read More »
Bridging Divides: How Democrats Can Lead Through Trump’s Second Term
By Quardricos Driskell, Columnist In the wake of the 2024 presidential election results, which mark the beginning of another Donald Trump presidency, the Democratic Party and, more specifically, a loyal demographic… Read More »
What’s in a name?
Robbie Colson Ramsey, Contributing Writer Recently, we were at church taking pictures for a church periodical. The person taking the pictures asked if I liked 1stLady or Lady, and I… Read More »
Should We Approve a New Budget Without Knowing Past Actual Expenditures?
Cynthia Gordon Floyd, C.P.A., C.F.E., Contributing Writer The preparation of an operating budget can be a daunting task. It requires making estimates and plans based on assumptions about future revenues… Read More »
A New Vision for Old Spaces: A Decolonized Theology of Church Use
Rev. Dr. Renita Marie Green, Columnist Churches have long been viewed as sacred spaces where the divine meets the human. This theological perspective calls for a deep respect for these… Read More »
Northwest Alabama Conference Chapter 15: We are Better Together
Rev. Kendra Walker Jacobs, 9th Episcopal District A new chapter began as Bishop Julius H. McAllister, Jr., the 144th Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church led the… Read More »
Church Growth Corner
Rev. Dr. Marcellus A. Norris, Executive Director Church Growth Corner Rev. Dr. Marcellus A. Norris, Executive Director AME Department of Church Growth & Development IS MY CHURCH DRIFTING? PART 1… Read More »
28th Annual Liberation Sunday Celebrated at Mother Bethel AME Church
28th Annual Liberation Sunday Celebrated at Mother Bethel AME Church The 28th Annual Liberation Sunday was held on Sunday, November 17, 2024, at Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia,… Read More »
The 8th Episcopal District Hosts Welcome Reception for Episcopal Leadership Team
The 8th Episcopal District Hosts Welcome Reception for Episcopal Leadership Team On Tuesday, December 12, 2024, history was made at the Pearl Street African Methodist Episcopal Church in Jackson, Mississippi when… Read More »
The Prophetic Duty of the Church: Discerning the Hospitable Imperative of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in the Contemporary Moment
By Gaorutwe Moabi, 19th Episcopal District At the heights of its inception, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, having emerged from the Free African Society, began to play an intercessory and prophetic… Read More »
Maybe God is trying to tell us something!
By Presiding Elder Betty Holley, Contributing Writer The big question on many of our minds, “Why did God allow the disappointing election results revealed on November 5, 2024?” Grappling mentally… Read More »