Category: Features

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 »

Think, Heal, Thrive: Why Should Black Americans Care About the Green New Deal?

Think, Heal, Thrive: Why Should Black Americans Care About the Green New Deal? By Rev. Shakira Sanchez Collins, MD, Columnist Months after the mid-term elections in the United States, Democrats… Read More »

Are You Making an Impact or Just Passing By?

Are You Making an Impact or Just Passing By?  By Robbie Colson-Ramsey, Contributing Writer As the spouse of the pastor, have you ever missed a Sunday at church and your… Read More »

Sharing Your Congregation’s Story: Why it Matters and How To Do It

John Thomas III, Editor of The Christian Recorder In the United States and Canada, Black History Month is an annual celebration held in February. Carter G. Woodson pioneered Black History… Read More »

2019 Founders Day Message

By Bishop Reginald T. Jackson Sisters and Brothers of the AME Church: By God’s grace, we prepare to begin the 203rd year in the life of the African Methodist Episcopal… Read More »

Bishop Frank Madison Reid III assigned to the Third Episcopal District

On Saturday, January 26, the Council of Bishops of the AME Church has assigned the Right Reverend Frank Madison Reid III, the 138th Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the AME Church… Read More »

AME Church Publishing House Embarks on New Location For a New Era

By TCR Staff On September 25, 2018, the sale of the AME Church Publishing House, originally known as the Sunday School Union, was announced by Canadian-based commercial real estate firm… Read More »

O Ye of Little Faith

O Ye of Little Faith By Jennifer Sims, Ph.D., Contributing Writer Mark Twain famously cautioned that we should not let our schooling get in the way of our education. In… Read More »

The Price of Protest

By Rev. Linda Banks, Contributing Writer Those of us who paid attention in government class understand that protests are as American as apple pie. Americans were protesting before America was… Read More »

The iT (Immanuel Temple AME) Donates Laptops

The iT (Immanuel Temple AME) Donates Laptops More than 100 seniors from the Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) Class of 2018 headed off to college this fall with new hope… Read More »

A Profile of Religion and Politics: Bethel AME of Tallahassee

A Profile of Religion and Politics: Bethel AME of Tallahassee By: Rev. Quardricos Bernard Driskell, Contributing Writer Religion was not the story in this year’s midterm elections, but the national… Read More »

A Moral Revolution During the Summer—A Call to Conscience: Forward to Action?

A Moral Revolution During the Summer—A Call to Conscience: Forward to Action? By Quardricos Bernard Driskell It’s the summertime. As Ella Fitzgerald as ‘Bess’ sung, “Summertime, and the livin is… Read More »