Category: Editorials
Trump, History, and Immigrants of Color: Why I Didn’t Get Angry at 45
By Chuck Hobbs, Columnist In case you missed it, on January 11, 2018, the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, asked during a meeting about immigration reform why… Read More »
Holding History, Making History
Holding History, Making History The pages you hold in your hands both are history and have history. In reading The Christian Recorder, you participate in a tradition that reaches back… Read More »
The State of the Country and Colored People
By Rev. Elisha Weaver, 3rd and 6th Editor For more than a century this country has bowed to the cruel villainy of oppression, perpetrated upon a portion of God’s own… Read More »
Finding Roots after Slavery: The Legacy of The Christian Recorder
In May 2017 on a visit to the 201st Session of the Philadelphia Annual Conference, I visited the archives of The Christian Recorder that are housed at Mother Bethel AME… Read More »
Staying Uplifted and Undeterred in the Trump Era
Approaching the end of a calendar year offers a time of reflection and anticipation. We celebrate the triumphs, mourn the losses, and think about what we can do better in… Read More »
Marvin Sapp, R. Kelly, and the Church’s (Significant) Role in addressing Toxic Masculinity
Marvin Sapp, R. Kelly, and the Church’s (Significant) Role in addressing Toxic Masculinity By Jenn M. Jackson, Guest Editor There have always been questions about the role of the church… Read More »
Lessons Local Churches Can Learn From Military Strategies
Editor’s note: November 11 commemorates Veteran’s Day in the United States and we requested Retired Editor Calvin H. Sydnor, III to write this issue’s editorial. Lessons Local Churches Can Learn… Read More »
#MeToo in God’s House: Reflecting on Sexual Harassment and Assault in the AME Church
#MeToo in God’s House: Reflecting on Sexual Harassment and Assault in the AME Church By Mr. John Thomas, III, Editor On October 5, 2017, the New York Times published… Read More »
Analysis: The Trump Administration Resurrects J. Edgar Hoover by Targeting Black Civil Rights Groups
By Chuck Hobbs, Columnist If you ever needed proof that there is “nothing new under the sun,” look no further than the Trump Justice Department’s new push to target “Black… Read More »
Stop, Drop, and Roll
Stop, Drop, and Roll By Rev. Lisa Hammonds Clergy burnout is real. I’m hearing more and more of my ministerial colleagues complain about being overwhelmed and at the brink of… Read More »
Charlottesville: White Supremacy, Statues, and History
By D’Weston Haywood, PhD., Columnist Ideologies often need symbols to thrive and the events in Charlottesville, Virginia, have illustrated this (once again). Protests around the statue of Confederate General Robert… Read More »
New Eyes for the Global Church
By Mr. John Thomas III, Editor of The Christian Recorder 1787 (the foundation of the Free African Society) and 1816 (the first General Conference) are years that are well-known to… Read More »