Category: News
Business Session July 10, 2021
By Rev. Renita Green, Columnist By Rev. Renita M. Green, Columnist Report of the Revisions Committee MIN-06 MEMBERS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE The bill submitted added Women in Ministry as… Read More »
Election Results of the 51st Session of the General Conference
Election Results of the 51st Session of the General Conference GENERAL OFFICERSElected by unanimous ballot cast by General Secretary as set forth in Rule 24 (c) GENERAL SECRETARY/CIO210 Cooper Sr,… Read More »
Bishops, General Officers, and Judicial Council Members elected at the 2021 General Conference
Newly Elected Bishops Rev. Dr. Silvester Scott Beaman139th Bishop Pastor of Bethel AME Church, Wilmington, Delaware Rev. Marvin Clyde Zanders, II140th BishopPastor, St. Paul AME Church, Jacksonville, Florida Rev. Francine A…. Read More »
Business Session Friday, July 9, 2021
By Rev. Renita Green, Columnist Today’s General Conference highlights include bills passed, rousing discussion on procedural matters, and a few inspiring quadrennial reports. This update is not inclusive of all… Read More »
Are we there yet?
By Rev. Gaborone P. Lesito, TCR 19th Episcopal District Field Representative This is one question that many parents have had to answer. This often happens when a family takes a… Read More »
CONGRESSWOMAN VAL DEMINGS ADDRESSES THE 51ST SESSION OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE
By Rev. Renita Marie Green, Columnist Representative Val Demings greeted the General Conference during the opening business session on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Demings is a candidate for the US… Read More »
HBCU Night
HBCU Night Rev. Dr. Shakira Sanchez-Collins, TCR Columnist HBCU’s have paved the way in providing access to education not only for Black American students, but also for students from all… Read More »
The General Conference “Business UNusual”
The General Conference “Business UNusual” By Rev. Gaborone P. Lesito, 19th District TCR Field Representative It has always surprised me to see a Church meeting agenda with “Unfinished Business” already in… Read More »
Asian Lives Matter
Hyepin Im, President of FACERev. Dr. Mark Whitlock, Pastor Reid Temple AME Church I watched the news reports of Robert Aaron Long, a 21-year-old white supremacist who went on a… Read More »
Creating Space and Making Room: Our Reasonable Service
Creating Space and Making Room: Our Reasonable Service By Vanessa Anderson “The doors of the church are now open” is a familiar saying during a sacred time in the worship… Read More »
The Fire This Time: AME Sexual Politics
The Fire This Time: AME Sexual Politics By Rev. Dr. Jennifer S. Leath, 5th Episcopal District In The Christian Recorder’s “TCR Special Dialogue: LGBTQ+ Inclusion and the AME Church,” William Lamar IV stated, “If we… Read More »
TCR Special Dialogue: Further Reflections
TCR Special Dialogue: Further Reflections On Friday, The Christian Recorder hosted a Special Dialogue on LGBTQ+ acceptance in the AME Church. A timely dialogue it was as Pride Month is underway commemorating… Read More »