Category: Features
The Black Church in the 2020 Elections: Who Speaks? Who Cares?
The Black Church in the 2020 Elections: Who Speaks? Who Cares? Since November 9, 2016, and the (at the time) improbable election of the incumbent 45thpresident of the United States,… Read More »
Looking for God’s Transformation in All the Right Places
Looking for God’s Transformation in All the Right Places By Rev. Arionne Yvette Williams, Contributing Writer Have you not known? Have you noticed the move of God lately? Have you… Read More »
Politics, Public Policy, Ethics, and Education: A Right to Holistic Life
Politics, Public Policy, Ethics, and Education: A Right to Holistic Life By Rev. Quardricos B. Driskell, Columnist Given all that is politically taking place in our country, the one issue… Read More »
Through a Different Lens
Through a Different Lens By Byron Washington, Contributing Writer We constantly hear people talk about diversity. At the corporate level, companies want to have a viable “diversity pipeline.” In ministry, the… Read More »
Retired Bishop John Bryant Delivers Folorunso Alakija Distinguished Lecture at Harvard University
By Rev. Ellis I. Washington, 1stEpiscopal District On April 17, 2019, students, faculty, and members from the community filed into the Memorial Church on Harvard’s Campus to hear Bishop John… Read More »
Transition of Rev. Albert D. Tyson III (1948-2019)
The Rev. Albert D. Tyson III served as the Presiding Elder of the North District of the Chicago Annual Conference in the 4th Episcopal District. In the past, he was… Read More »
Feet in the Sand and Heads in the Clouds: The Future of the AME Church
Feet in the Sand and Heads in the Clouds: The Future of the AME Church By John Thomas III, Editor of The Christian Recorder With little over a year to the… Read More »
HBCUs: Let’s Get in Formation
HBCUs: Let’s Get in Formation By Ms. Lauren A. Wilson, Columnist The highly-anticipated Homecoming documentary produced by Beyoncé was expectedly satisfying, exciting, and full of Black pride. A 200-person band… Read More »
Unity, Justice, and Time in Martin Luther King’s Reality
Unity, Justice, and Time in Martin Luther King’s Reality By Chinelo Tyler, Connectional YPD President The “Letter From a Birmingham Jail” is an excellent artifact. It offers a complete historical… Read More »
Abraham–the father of many nations, Christianity & Islam in a time of Terror
Abraham–the father of many nations, Christianity & Islam in a time of Terror By Rev. Dr. Dilara Üsküp During this sacred ritual of Jumah on Friday, March 15, 2019, in… Read More »
Transition of Bishop Frederick Hilborn Talbot (1927-2019)
Service arrangements for The Right Reverend Frederick Hilborn Talbot are as follows: Tuesday, May 14, 2019Visitation: 11:00 amMemorial Service: 12 noon Presiding Elder Earle Ifill, Worship LeaderBishop John R. Bryant,… Read More »
Millennials and Motherhood
Millennials and Motherhood By Cheryl A. Rainey, Contributing Writer The pretty, 25-year old college graduate, Shel, thought she’d be married with three children by her late 20s. She believed if… Read More »