Category: Features
First District WIM Celebrates Life of the Rev. Jarena Lee
First District WIM Celebrates Life of the Rev. Jarena Lee By Mrs. Angelena Spears, 1st Episcopal District The Rev. Jarena Lee would have been proud. Two hundred years after her first… Read More »
Death of Mrs. Valerie Faith Gary Bell, 14th President of the Connectional Lay Organization (1953-2020)
Family Statement It is with great sadness that Mr. Donald Bell, Sr., Mr. Donald Bell, Jr., Dr. Shirley Cason Reed, and family share the passing of a loving wife, mother,… Read More »
Ambassador Andrew Young Sits Down for an Interview with The Christian Recorder
On November 10, 2019, Ambassador Andrew Young attended St Joseph AME Church in Durham, North Carolina to help launch the “Andrew Young Alpha Phi Alpha Social Justice Initiative”. The initiative… Read More »
What Will Keep You Going?
What Will Keep You Going? By Byron Washington, Columnist Going into the new year, people have goals and plans. Whether it is to get in shape or launch a new… Read More »
Report from the Sixth Annual Healthy Churches 2020 Conference
Report from the Sixth Annual Healthy Churches 2020 Conference By Rev. Tamara O. Kersey, Contributing Writer Hundreds of faith leaders, missionaries, clinicians, public health officials and health advocates joined The… Read More »
Building Hope: The Final Chapel Service of the AME Publishing House/Sunday School Union on 500 Eighth Avenue South, Nashville
Building Hope: The Final Chapel Service of the AME Publishing House/Sunday School Union on 500 Eighth Avenue South, Nashville By Carlene L. Douglas For over four decades, on the corner… Read More »
The Pastor’s Role in Church Financial Management, Part 1
By Cynthia Gordon-Floyd, CPA, Columnist The Doctrine and Discipline of the African Methodist Episcopal Church 2016 specifies that the pastor shall be the official head of all boards. The financial state… Read More »
19th Episcopal District Hosts First Annual RAYAC Summit
19th Episcopal District Hosts First Annual RAYAC Summit By Sisters Mandisa Skibane and Mpho Phago and Broter Lebohang Monyake, 19th Episcopal District Over 200 RAYAC members from the various corners of the… Read More »
Multiplying the Nation and Increasing the Joy: Immigration Cold Open
Multiplying the Nation and Increasing the Joy: Immigration Cold Open By Rev. Dr. Jason Curry, Columnist In Isaiah 9:3a, the prophet writes: “You have multiplied the nation, you have increased… Read More »
At Home in Allen’s Church: Stories of Multicultural AME Members
At Home in Allen’s Church: Stories of Multicultural AME Members By Kiratiana Freelon and John Thomas, III Nisshy grew up in a Roman Catholic family. Although her family never “practiced” the… Read More »
THE LEDGE: It’s Time to Move
THE LEDGE: It’s Time to Move By Byron Washington, Columnist Deuteronomy 2:3 says, “You have been skirting this hill country long enough. Head north.” Why do we stay in places… Read More »
Get the Message
Get the Message By Rev. Jarrett Washington, MACE, MDiv, Contributing Writer Joshua 9:12 says, “Here is our bread; it was still warm when we took it from our houses as… Read More »