Category: News

Statement on General Conference 2021

Statement on General Conference 2021 Greetings Connectional Church, At present, the General Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church is scheduled to meet July 6 – 10, 2021 in Orlando,… Read More »

Community Action partners with Wilberforce University to enhance distance learning access

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Kathryn A. Clausen(614) 224-8500kathryn@oacaa.org Marsha BonhartWilberforce University937-286-0023marsha.bonhart1114@gmail.com  JOINT PRESS RELEASE December 18, 2020 Community Action partners with Wilberforce University to enhance distance learning access WILBERFORCE – In response to… Read More »

Myron Davis uses teamwork, perseverance to reach for Eagle Scout status

Myron Davis uses teamwork, perseverance to reach for Eagle Scout status NORRISTOWN — Myron Davis, a member of Troop 752 Norristown, sponsored by Mt. Zion AME Church located on Willow… Read More »

Handle With Care

Handle With Care  By Byron Washington, Columnist By no means did 2021 allow us the benefit of rest before the chaos ensued. 2021 decided to continue where 2020 left off and… Read More »

Edward Waters College Unveils and Names New Student Residential Facility For Bishop Adam J. and Connie S. Richardson

Jacksonville, FL – Edward Waters College (EWC) is taking significant steps to enhance its living and learning environment for students that reside on its campus. In a ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday,… Read More »

An Open Letter to the Six Presidents of Southern Baptist Convention Theological Seminaries

An Open Letter to the Six Presidents of Southern Baptist Convention Theological Seminaries By Rev. Brandon A. A. J. Davis, Contributing Writer To the Presidents of: Gateway Seminary of the… Read More »

Emanuel Nine Memorial Foundation and Emanuel Nine Memorial Update

Emanuel Nine Memorial Foundation and Emanuel Nine Memorial Update After the devastating massacre of nine clergy and members  at Mother Emanuel AME Church on June 17, 2015, the Mother Emanuel Memorial Foundation,… Read More »

President Joe Biden and the Bethel AME Church, Wilmington, Delaware Connection

President Joe Biden and the Bethel AME Church, Wilmington, Delaware  Connection By Kori Beaman Cheatham, 1st Episcopal District There are many wonderful things about Wilmington, Delaware. However, central among them are… Read More »

When The Black Church Leads… We All Succeed

When The Black Church Leads… We All Succeed  By Antjuan Seawright, Columnist My mother grew up at the Maloney Baptist Church in Woodford, SC while my Dad, of course, grew… Read More »

Servants worthy of their hire: Fairly Paying Church Staff in the Age of Virtual Worship

Servants worthy of their hire: Fairly Paying Church Staff in the Age of Virtual Worship John Thomas III, Editor of the TCR The beginning of a new year is a… Read More »

To Serve the Present Age: The Work of the AME Church General Departments in a Time of Global Pandemic

To Serve the Present Age: The Work of the AME Church General Departments in a Time of Global Pandemic By Reverend Garland F. Pierce, Executive Director, Department of Christian Education… Read More »

The Heights and Depths of American Democracy

By Chuck Hobbs, Columnist It is finished…Last night in the early hours Congress–at last–certified Joseph R. Biden as the next President of the United States and Kamala D. Harris as… Read More »