Category: Frontpage
Will Removing the Decalogue Bring Millenials Back?
Will Removing the Decalogue Bring Millenials Back? By Joyce Gulledge Harris, 4th Episcopal District Having been a life-long member of the AME Church, I am having difficulty understanding why some… Read More »
Women’s Guild at Payne Memorial AME Church Recognizes 70th Year
Women’s Guild at Payne Memorial AME Church Recognizes 70th Year By Rev. Dr. Deborah Peaks Coleman, Contributing Writer The Women’s Guild of Payne Memorial AME Church in Baltimore, Maryland, marked its… Read More »
Daughters of Jarena Lee: The Rev. Tabitha Ssonko
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of when the Rev. Jarena Lee answered her call to preach, The Christian Recorder will have a quarterly feature of young adult women pastors in the AME… Read More »
Food Justice: African Americans’ Food Sovereignty Movements
Food Justice: African Americans’ Food Sovereignty Movements By Rev. Betty Holley, PhD., Contributing Writer In Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery, bell hooks wrote, “Collective black self-recovery takes place when… Read More »
Mentoring a New Generation of Clergy for the AME Church
Mentoring a New Generation of Clergy for the AME Church By Rev. Herman O. Kelly, Contributing Writer As I grow older in ministry and age, I am entering a new… Read More »
Will the Fracturing of The “United” Methodist Church Impact the Church of Allen?
Will the Fracturing of The “United” Methodist Church Impact the Church of Allen? By John Thomas, III, Editor As the new decade dawned, the Council of Bishops of The United… Read More »
Beautification Project: Mission Accomplished
Beautification Project: Mission Accomplished Mik Cole, 9th Episcopal District There’s a new slope in town and it is showing off because of a grant received from Wiregrass RC&D and St. John… Read More »
Historic Past Did Not Prevent Church’s Demise
Historic Past Did Not Prevent Church’s Demise By Robert B. McCormack, 13th Episcopal District The historic Allen Chapel AME Church, after 126 years of faithful worship, met its ignoble end. The… Read More »
The Pastor’s Role in Church Financial Management, Part Two
The Pastor’s Role in Church Financial Management, Part Two By Cynthia Gordon-Floyd, CPA, Contributing Writer As we continue our discussion from Part One of this topic, we reiterate the importance… Read More »
Interview with Chaplain General Monwabisi Andrew Jamangile of the South African National Defence Force
Interview with the Chaplain General Monwabisi Andrew Jamanigile When the Chaplain General for the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), Brigadier General (Reverend) Monwabisi Andrew Jamangile, roamed the convention center… Read More »
The Best is Yet to Come
The Best is Yet to Come By Rev. John Foster, Ph.D., 6th Episcopal District First Corinthians 2:9b says, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart… Read More »
Turning the Page without Closing the Book
Turning the page without closing the book In my December editorials, I usually reflect on the previous twelve months and find some point to move towards for the next year…. Read More »