Category: Connectional Organizations
Rights & Rituals: Black Women and Theologies of CARE
By Dora Muhammad After decades of gestation within my mind and spirit, and two years of incubation at Faith in Public Life, Theologies of CARE initiative finally manifested in the… Read More »
Introducing the Blessings from the 17th District
By Supervisor Rev. Dr. Melinda Contreras-Byrd Join me as I look back on August of last year–the exuberance of seeing the Rev. Vernon Byrd, Jr.’s name listed among the Bishops… Read More »
Transition of Rev. Michael Joseph Brown, Ph.D., President of Payne Theological Seminary
Dr. Michael Joseph Brown was an internationally recognized biblical scholar, minister, and public intellectual. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vanderbilt University, a Master of Divinity degree, and… Read More »
National Impaired Driving Prevention Month
Rev. Dr. Ann Marie Bentsi-AddisonExecutive Director, International Health Commission AMEC Beloved Community, as we enter the Advent season—a time of hope, peace, joy, and love—we are also reminded of our… Read More »
Faith, Leadership, and Liberation: My First Experience at the Congressional Black Caucus Conference
By Mark Johnson, Connectional YPD Parliamentarian Attending the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference for the first time was an inspiring and transformative experience. From the moment I arrived… Read More »
The ministry of lay witness and everyday evangelism: When the pew becomes the pulpit
By: Monique Hudson Green, Recording Secretary, Connectional Lay Organization When we think of evangelism, various concepts and practices come to mind, depending on context. Generally, evangelism refers to the act… Read More »
Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month: Raising Awareness and Taking Action
The Reverend Dr. Ann Marie Bentsi-Addison D. Min, M.Div., MSN, CNM, CNS, LSSGB Executive Director, International Health Commission November is recognized as Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) Awareness Month, a time to shed light… Read More »
Celebrating the leadership of Michael A. Cousin Jr.
Terrence Sanford, FEDLO Director of Public Relations At the 82nd Annual Fourth Episcopal District Lay Convention, held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, we witnessed a momentous occasion as Mr. Michael A. Cousin… Read More »
A Royal Experience: Connectional YPD Leadership Training Institute 2025
By Mark Johnson, Connectional YPD Parliamentarian and LaQuandrea Sweat, Connectional YPD 1st Vice President The Connectional Young People’s and Children’s Division (YPD) of the African Methodist Episcopal Church gathered in… Read More »
A World Without Wilberforce: Why Alumni, Community, and Corporate Support Must Secure the Future of America’s First Private HBCU
By Lena Arnold, Office of Institutional Advancement Wilberforce University New campus construction model from 1967 Wilberforce yearbook. Imagine the Miami Valley region without Wilberforce University. No students energizing the local economy. … Read More »
Breaking News: Bishop Samuel Lawrence Green, Sr. Calls Together AME’s From the State of New Jersey for an Urgent Souls to the Polls/Get Out the Vote Rally
By Rev. Melvin Wilson, First Episcopal District New Brunswick, NJ (October 25, 2025) – Today, all roads from every AME Church in the State of New Jersey led to Mt…. 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 »