Category: Connectional Organizations

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 »

Thanksgiving Worship Service held in honour of President Matikane Abednego Makiti at SP Maarohanye, AME Church, Klerksdorp, South Africa 

Sunday, 24 August 2025, was abuzz with excitement at the SP Maarohanye, African Methodist Episcopal Church in Joubertina, Matlosane.  In a moving display of unity, gratitude, and spiritual reflection, members… Read More »

AME University Brings Hope to Children in Soniwien Community and its Environments in Monrovia, Liberia

AME University has reaffirmed its commitment to social responsibility by extending critical educational support to children in one of the slum communities and its environment. The initiative, held on Thursday,… Read More »

Allen University Names New Director of Bands

Allen University proudly announces the appointment of Mr. Marques Graham as its new Director of Bands, marking a dynamic new era for the university’s acclaimed music program. A respected educator, accomplished… Read More »

Danielle D. Blackwell, MPA, CFRM, appointed Vice President for Institutional Advancement

     Dr. A. Zachary Faison, Jr., President & CEO of Edward Waters University (EWU)—Florida’s first independent institution of higher learning and the state’s first Historically Black College or University (HBCU)—is… Read More »

Brother Phillip K. Tlhage, 18th Episcopal District President

Greetings in the joy of knowing Jesus Christ the Saviour.  I pass my greetings from the 18thEpiscopal District.  The Episcopal team of the 18th ED is Presiding Prelate Rev. Dr. Jeffery B…. Read More »

AME University & Liberia National Police Seal Transformative Partnership

In a bold step toward reshaping the future of education and national security, the Liberia National Police and the African Methodist Episcopal University today signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding… Read More »

The Word of the Connectional Lay Organization Second Vice President, 

By Jerry Turner, Jr.  Write the vision; make it plan on tablets, so he may run who reads it. For still the vision awaits its appointed tine; it hastens to… Read More »

Lung Cancer in Nonsmokers: What Faith Leaders Need to Know

When we think of lung cancer, we often associate it with smoking. However, a growing number of lung cancer diagnoses occur in nonsmokers—particularly women and people of color. As faith… Read More »

Remembering Our Heritage, Shaping Our Future: Sixth Episcopal District Lay President Alfreda Brooks Delivers Inspiring Lay Day Message at Historic Big Bethel AME Church

By Maria White Tillman, 6th Episcopal District On Sunday, April 27, 2025, under the grand steeple of Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, a beacon of faith and tradition illuminated… Read More »