Category: News
Wilberforce University Announces Scholarship for AME Church Members; Deadline to Apply is July 31, 2022
The AME Church invites you to apply to Wilberforce University for Fall 2022! We would like to offer you the Wilberforce University AME Scholarship Fall 2022. The Wilberforce University AME… Read More »
NBA All-Star Stephen Curry Picks A.M.E. Author’s Mystery Novel
For His Literati Book Club Patricia Raybon, 5th Episcopal District DENVER, CO – When the news came, A.M.E. author Patricia Raybon struggled to believe it. Her favorite NBA All-Star player, Stephen… Read More »
A Message on AMEC Retirement Services
The AME Church continues to actively work with law enforcement to investigate a possible financial crime committed against our community, and specifically retirement plan participants. The church is a victim,… Read More »
AME CHURCH OF SC ANNOUNCES “RESURRECT THE VOTE” NONPARTISAN VOTER MOBILIZATION CAMPAIGN TO ENGAGE 50,000 VOTERS TO PLEDGE TO VOTE IN JUNE STATEWIDE PRIMARY
APRIL 18, 2022 — The Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church announced today its “Resurrect the Vote” nonpartisan voter mobilization campaign to engage 50,000 voters ahead of South Carolina’s… Read More »
Time After Time: The Emmet Till Anti-Lynching Act and White People’s Time
By D’Weston Haywood, Columnist From election cycles to legislation, politics is often a race against time. Yet, just as often, time is raced. Indeed, many are familiar with the colloquial… Read More »
Connectional Day of Prayer: WHAT IS PRAYER?
Paulette Coleman, Ph.D., Retired General Officer At a very early age, we learned the bedtime prayer: Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to… Read More »
Connectional Day of Prayer: Power Belongs To God
Rev. Gregory C. Nettles, 12th Episcopal District “But we have this treasure in clay jars so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does… Read More »
General Conference Commission Visits Cincinnati to Launch Preparations for 2024 General Conference
On March 16, 2022, a delegation from the AME Church General Conference Commission visited Cincinnati, Ohio to begin prepartions for the 2024 General Conference. Hosted by the Duke Energy Convention… Read More »
Biden’s State of the Union Address Affirms What We Already Know: His Progressive Agenda is over
Quardricos Driskell, Columnist President Biden came to Capitol Hill on the 404th day of his presidency, during perhaps the most pivotal moment of his short tenure to deliver the State of the… Read More »
Celebrating Women’s History Month: Remembering Dr. Jamye Coleman Williams
Celebrating Women’s History Month: Remembering Dr. Jamye Coleman WilliamsBy Editor John Thomas,III Whenever I found myself on the wrong end of Jamye Coleman Williams’ finger, she would tell me, “When… Read More »
The 128th Turner Theological Seminary Founders’ Observance
Theme: Prophetic Problem Solvers: Leadership and The Politics of the
By Rev. Lola S. Gresham Russell, Ph.D.
Turner Theological Seminary (TTS), a constituent seminary of the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC), celebrated a historic 128th Founders’ Observance on February 7–8, 2022, at Flipper Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC)…. Read More »
A Tale of Two Churches
By Rev. Joelynn T. Stokes, Esq. , 4th Episcopal District It was the best of times and the worst of times. This quote from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens aptly… Read More »