Category: Frontpage

The Long Hallelujah

By Claire B. Crawford, PhD, Columnist Blessed are the patient, the long suffering. Blessed are the “someday our freedom will come” believers, the prayer warrior of one hundred generations. Blessed… Read More »

AME Church Clergy Protest ICE Murder

The day after ICE agents murdered Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, MN, AME scholars, Rev. Dr. jennifer s. leath (4th District), Rev. Dr. Nikia Robert (1st District), and Rev. Dr…. Read More »

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 »

Called To Pastor, Not Co-Pastor

By Rev. Rachel Williams-Glenn & Rev. Dr. V. Gordon Glenn, III When we met, in seminary we knew that God was calling us to be pastors. At the time, we… Read More »

A Case for DISC Assessments in the AME Church

By Maurice A. Buford, Ph.D., D.Min., Captain (Retired) | USN | CHC The African Methodist Episcopal Church has always stood at the forefront of innovation in ministry —spiritually, socially, and… Read More »

Go and Serve the Lord

By Reverend Syphio A.B. Whack, Contributing Writer “Go and Serve the Lord” were the spiritually embedded, instructive words of Bishop Samuel L. Green, Sr., that were spoken to me on… Read More »

St. John Huntsville Vacation Bible School-2025

Dr. Thalia Love, St. John AME Church-9th Episcopal District The 2025 VBS Theme, “The Jesus Connection: Downloads from Heaven,” was conducted July 15-18. The lessons revealed from the very beginning… Read More »

Ministry Amid Disaster: St. Louis May 16th Tornado St. James AME Church Responds

By Reverend Sheila Scott and Reverend Charles Norris, 5th Episcopal District On May 16, St. Louis was hit by a devastating tornado, but faith fought back. In the aftermath of… Read More »

The Spiritual War is Here

By Reverend Dr. Elliott Robinson, JD For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark… Read More »

The Reverends Drs. Ray and Gloria White-Hammond Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at Oikos Institute Gala

The African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church celebrates with great pride the recognition of two of its own, the Reverend Drs. Ray and Gloria White-Hammond have been awarded the 2025 Lifetime… Read More »

Bethel AME Church in Accra Welcomes Five Bishops and Sister Churches

“So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.” — Luke… Read More »