Category: Frontpage

A Shining Light in Early Childhood Education in the Jamaica Conference

A Shining Light in Early Childhood Education in the Jamaica Conference By Rev. Newton G.A. Dixon, 16th Episcopal District St.  John AME Church in Palmers Cross, Jamaica announces the building… Read More »

Trump Will Be President and Now It’s Time to Get to Work

Trump Will Be President and Now It’s Time to Get to Work By: Jenn M. Jackson Guest Editorial   On November 8, voters went to the polls to elect Donald… Read More »

Celebrating 100 Years of Service, Purpose, Pastors, and Progress

Celebrating 100 Years of Service, Purpose, Pastors, and Progress By Rosie M. Greggs, 1st Episcopal District   While celebrating 100 years of our Church’s existence, the members of St. Luke… Read More »

AME Church General Counsel Elected Fellow

Douglass P. Selby AME Church General Counsel Elected Fellow At the annual dinner of the American College of Bond Counsel, held on October 18 at the University Club of Chicago,… Read More »

OBSERVATIONS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS 46th ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE

OBSERVATIONS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS 46th ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE By Margaret Bush Ware, 5th Episcopal District For more than 40 years I have attended and participated in the Congressional… Read More »

Remembering Gwen Ifill

Metropolitan AME Church Comments on the Passing of Member and Noted Journalist Gwen Ifill Washington, D.C.—the following is the statement of Rev. William H. Lamar, IV, pastor of Metropolitan AME… Read More »

Voting in Context

 Voting in Context Disclaimer: This Editorial was written before the results of the November General Election in the United States. The November 8, 2016 United States General Election will go… Read More »

The Truth is the Light

The Truth is the Light Rev. Dr. Charles R. Watkins, Jr. Columnist John 11:21a, “Now Martha said to Jesus, ‘Lord, if You had been here.’” Matthew 28:20, “Lo, I am… Read More »

Mothers of the Movement Visit St. Paul AME Church, Jacksonville with a Charge to Vote

Mothers of the Movement Visit St. Paul AME Church, Jacksonville with a Charge to Vote Brother Sherman Riley St. Paul AME Church, Jacksonville, Florida Mothers of the Movement Gwen Carr… Read More »

Freedom: Some Basic Notions

Freedom: Some Basic Notions By: D’Weston Haywood, PhD Contributing Writer Movement. It’s a term that many of my students increasingly use to describe and participate in “Black Lives Matter” protests…. Read More »

Don’t Get Settled Worshipping Under a Tent

“Don’t Get Settled Worshipping Under a Tent” Bishop Anne Henning Byfield, Presiding Bishop 16th Episcopal District Ephesians 3:20, “Now to God who by the power at work within us is… Read More »

Make America Great

Make America Great Rev. Renita Green Columnist   “Make America Great Again” is popular political rhetoric these days. This phrase begs the question, “When was America ever great?” I have… Read More »