Category: Features
Coronavirus: A Sobering Truth
By Senior Bishop Adam J. Richardson, Jr. COVID-19 is not a hoax. The virus cares nothing about having a passport at the border. It will not respect the protocol for… Read More »
Interview with Jim Clyburn
Interview with Jim Clyburn John Thomas, III, the editor of The Christian Recorder, scored a two-for-one deal when he interviewed Congressional Representative Jim Clyburn of South Carolina at the General Board… Read More »
Famed Journalist Gwen Ifill, daughter of the AME tradition honored
By Rev. Q. Bernard Driskell, Columnist On the pre-eve of America’s recognition of the contributions of African Americans during Black History Month, the United States Postal Service remembered the late… Read More »
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 »