Category: News
Bethel AME Baltimore’s 240th Anniversary: A Celebration of Legacy, Resilience, and Firsts!
Written by Rev. Janette R. Smith / Director of Church Growth As Bethel AME Church – Baltimore prepares to host the historic 209th Baltimore Annual Conference, there’s another historical celebration… Read More »
Newly Elected First Episcopal District Lay Organization President Linda Gant Hosts Her First Mid-Year Convention
By Sharon Carmichael, DOPR, First Episcopal District Lay Organization Hats off to newly elected First Episcopal District Lay Organization (FEDLO) President Linda Gant, new Director of Lay Activities (DOLA) Dr…. Read More »
2024 Series of Annual Conferences
The Presiding Bishop, Rt. Rev. Vernon R. Byrd, Jr, Esq., had a close and tight Annual Conference programme that ran back to back. A few weeks after the close of… Read More »
Sister Lutisha Coleman Leads the Choir at 35th Annual MLK, Jr. Community Worship Service
Sister Lutisha Coleman directed the choir for the 35th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Worship Service, held on Sunday, January 19, 2025, at Central Christian Church. A dedicated… Read More »
Bishop Cooper Honored with Portrait at Trinity AME, Atlanta
By Kelvin Beasley, Steward, Trinity AME Church, 6th Episcopal District On Sunday, March 2, 2025, an addition to the ‘Wall of Trinity Bishops’ was extended by adding the most recent addition… Read More »
Bishop Sarah France Davis Posthumously Inducted into the Hall of Fame
By Carol T. Taylor Mitchell, Ph.D. The Late Bishop Sarah Frances Davis, the 126th Elected and consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, was inducted into the Museum of… Read More »
Mountain Climbing–A Journal Entry
By Bishop Vernon R Byrd, Jr. I love mountains. I love their sheer size and their awe-inspiring majesty. I am climbing one right now called the 17th Episcopal District of the AME Church. And… Read More »
St. John AME Church, Huntsville, AL
9th Episcopal District B. Johnson, Editor, St. John AMEN Deaconess Sarah Davis (Granny) Bell “A Long, Loving and Well Lived Life” Reprinted with permission from the family. Aging in the Bible… Read More »
Possibilities
By Reverend Quinton W Liebenberg, Columnist At the last session of the Boland Annual Conference, the circuits and stations report brought about changes that would change and impact the landscape… Read More »
Government Building Named for AME Layperson in South Carolina
On Friday, March 14, Charleston County and community leaders gathered to dedicate the Wadmalaw/Johns Island Magistrate’s Court to former Magistrate Judge Leroy Linen, the longest-serving magistrate judge in the state…. Read More »
To The Esteemed Readers of The Christian Recorder
Matikane “Abe” Makiti, President Connectional Lay Organization African Methodist Episcopal Church Greetings in the precious name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! As we stand on the threshold of another… Read More »
Develop plans, set goals, and press on toward your victory
By: Dr. Michael C. Carson, Full Columnist In making resolutions, let me remind you that challenges, tests, and situations will be waiting for you to face. Perusing goals in life “don’t… Read More »