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AME CHURCH OF SC HOSTS ASPIRE 2022 CONVENING IN GREENVILLE

The Seventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church hosted itsannual ASPIRE Christian Education & Leadership Congress and Theological Institute on August3-6, 2022, in Greenville, South Carolina, highlighting… Read More »

First Episcopal District Women in Ministry Create the Diane Nash Community Award

The Reverend Dr. Jacquita Wright-Henderson, First Episcopal District It was a normal day in the lives of the Delaware State University’s women’s lacrosse team as they returned home from matches… Read More »

Shawn Townsend, member of Ward Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church, in Washington, DC weds Symone Sanders in a lavish ceremony. 

By Sandra Bonner-Hadley, 2nd Episcopal District Symone Sanders, the host of MSNBC’s show “Symone” and Shawn Townsend, the former Director of the Mayor’s Office of Night Life and Culture in… Read More »

Encourage Yourself and Others… Focus On Good News.

Judy Rose Weaver, 8th Episcopal District Growing up in New Orleans, I remember radio station WYLD as a famous media source for African American communities that spread the Good News… Read More »

The Things We Preserve and The Sacredness Of Place

By Dr. Darryn Hewson, Contributing Writer Encounters with God in nature can be a transformative experience. The top of a mountain, a quiet beach listening to the ocean waves, sunlight… Read More »

The Truth is the Light

By Dr. Charles R. Watkins, Senior Columnist Based on Biblical Text: Matthew 10:31: Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. We are reminded constantly about… Read More »

Response to Council of Bishops Statement on the Findings of the Office of Attorney General of New York

By Dr. Mark Tyler, First Episcopal District I thank the Council of Bishops of the AME Church for their action against Bishop Gregory GM Ingram, this is only the beginning…. Read More »

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Morris Brown College

By Mary F. Walton, Contributing Writer It was January 5, 1881, during the North Georgia Annual Conference at Big Bethel; Reverend Wesley John Gaines introduced a resolution calling for the… Read More »

Rewriting the Narrative

By Antjuan Seawright, Columnist Elections have consequences. It’s true.Of course, I usually point this out when the news is bad and the folks who represent us go off the rails… Read More »

The Frequency And Fear Of Mass Shootings Have America On Edge. When Will They Stop?

By James B. Ewers Jr., Ed.D., Columnist Numbers give us a perspective. They don’t lie. We use them in almost every facet of our lives. Probably more so today than… Read More »

The Questions We Must Ask

By George Pratt, Contributing Writer When considering the present moment, there are critical questions that are necessary for oppressed peoples to ask and attempt to answer. The present time has… Read More »

There is always hope-don’t give up

By Dr. Michael C. Carson, Columnist “…but God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us even when we were dead through our… Read More »