Category: Frontpage
Transitions in America: From 44th to 45th
Transitions in America: From 44th to 45th By John Thomas III, Editor President Barack Obama’s delivered his Farewell Address in Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday, January 10, 2017. I was blessed… Read More »
Reckoning: The Black Church in the Post-Obama Era
Reckoning: The Black Church in the Post-Obama Era On January 20, 2017, President-Elect Donald J. Trump will be formally inaugurated as the President of the United States after a divisive… Read More »
Black Preaching After Trump (Part II)
Black Preaching After Trump (Part II) Rev. William Lamar IV, Columnist With God and his peers, both female and male, Bishop Allen founded the Free African Society in 1787, the… Read More »
Sometimes Seeing is Believing: Reflections on Faith and the Black Family Because of the Obamas
Sometimes Seeing is Believing: Reflections on Faith and the Black Family Because of the Obamas By Rev. Jonathan C. Augustine, J.D., M.Div., 8th Episcopal District “Now faith is… Read More »
Corpus Christi’s Water Ban Gets Quick Response from 10th District
Corpus Christi’s Water Ban Gets Quick Response from 10th District Rev. Linda Connor, 10th Episcopal District Recently, the people of Corpus Christi, Texas, learned that their City water was contaminated… Read More »
Brilliance Revealed: In-Depth Profiles of the Women of Hidden Figures
Brilliance Revealed: In-Depth Profiles of the Women of Hidden Figures Hidden Figures is a motion picture telling the story of three African-American female mathematicians involved in the launch of… Read More »
Bishop Ingram travels to Bermuda to support Rev. Tweed; Government continues to deny work permit
Bishop Ingram travels to Bermuda to support Rev. Tweed; Government continues to deny work permit On January 3, Bishop Gregory G.M. Ingram met with the Bermudian Premier Michael Dunkley regarding… Read More »
Dylan Roof: What Comes After the Trial?
Dylan Roof: What Comes After the Trial? The Dylan Roof federal trial ended on Thursday, December 15, 2016. He was found guilty of all 33 federal counts. The verdict was not… Read More »
Make Today Like A Dream
By Rev. Jarrett Britton Washington, Columnist The truth of this life is God desires your joy and happiness. Every day, I encounter people in and out of the body… Read More »
Black Preaching After Trump (Part I)
By Rev. William Lamar IV, Columnist Preachers do not step into the pulpit just because another Sunday morning has rolled around. We don’t preach just for the sake of preaching…. Read More »
St. Mark AMEC Commemorates and Buries 166-Year-Old Mummy
By The Historical Committee, St. Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church In October 2011, St. Mark AME Church, Jackson Heights, received a phone call that the body of a dead… Read More »
Ward AME Church Opens its Doors to the Homeless of Los Angeles
Staff of The Christian Recorder Homelessness is one of the largest civic problems facing Los Angeles. A story published in the October 8, 2016 edition of The Los Angeles… Read More »