Category: Frontpage
The Seventh Episcopal District “Finds the God of the Galaxy” at the Annual Christian Education Leadership Congress
By Rev. Jarrett Washington, Columnist From July 10-13, 2017, the Seventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, under the leadership of Bishop Sam Green, Sr. and Mrs. Phyllis… Read More »
Payne Chapel AME Church, Nashville celebrates Youth Month in July
By Jasmine Steele and Dr. Cornelia Graves, 13th Episcopal District Payne Chapel AME Church, located at 212 Neill Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee, held its Celebration of Youths and Young Adults… Read More »
Hartley Brings Ministry to Highland AME Church in Amherst, Nova Scotia
By Darrell Cole, Amherst Daily News The Rev. Lawrence D. Hartley began servicing the church late last year and working to rebuild the congregation that lost its minister in 2013… Read More »
College Checklist
By Byron Washington, Columnist As students prepare to head off to college, their university or college usually provide them with a checklist of suggested items they should be sure to… Read More »
Christianity and the roots of America’s age-old problem with race
Please note that the title of this piece does not posit that Jesus Christ is the root of America’s problems with race, rather, Christianity as social and political constructs ALWAYS… Read More »
The Unified Interfaith Community Coalition Presents Important Gatherings honoring the Emanuel Nine Incident
The Unified Interfaith Community Coalition Presents Important Gatherings honoring the Emanuel Nine Incident Rev. Jeannine Smalls, 7th Episcopal District June 16 is a date to remember as a tragedy that… Read More »
Why Racial and Religious Nationalist Overtones Weakens America’s Brand Abroad
By Quadricos Bernard Driskell, Columnist President Donald Trump delivered one of the most important speeches in the infancy of his presidency on Thursday, July 6, 2017. It was billed as… Read More »
AME General Board Member & Lay Leader Carl Davis is featured in a Juneteenth Houston Documentary
AME General Board Member & Lay Leader Carl Davis of the 10th Episcopal District is featured in a documentary about African Americans Juneteenth experience and celebration in Texas produced by… Read More »
St. James AME: A Small Church on a Big Mission that Supports TCR
St. James AME, Brighton: A Small Church on a Big Mission that Supports The Christian Recorder We greet you in the matchless name of Jesus and are excited to help… Read More »
Welcome the Stranger
Welcome the Stranger Rev. Dr. Ore L. Spragin, Jr., Guest Editor It is not always an easy thing to welcome those who are different than us. This is true not… Read More »
The Rev. Dr. Homer Littlefield McCall Scholarship Endowed
The Rev. Dr. Homer Littlefield McCall Scholarship Endowed During the Alabama A&M University’s Annual Founders Day Celebration, the members of St. John AME Church presented a check in the amount… Read More »
AME Church Opera Star Continues to Soar
AME Church Opera Star Continues to Soar Making her San Francisco Opera debut in 2016 as Bersi in “Andrea Chénier,” American mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges is quickly becoming one of the… Read More »