Category: News
What Role Will Religion Play in the Midterm Primaries?
By Quardricos Driskell, Columnist The midterm election season is upon us. What hangs in the backdrop is a fragile economy, inflation, an ongoing public health crisis, and significant legislative accomplishments… Read More »
It’s the Ethics for Me
By Dr. John Thomas III, Editor The Black Church as an institution has been such a pivotal part of the African American community because of the respect and trust accorded… Read More »
Encourage Yourself and Others… Focus On Good News.
Judy Rose Weaver, 8th Episcopal District Growing up in New Orleans, I remember radio station WYLD as a famous media source for African American communities that spread the Good News… Read More »
The Things We Preserve and The Sacredness Of Place
By Dr. Darryn Hewson, Contributing Writer Encounters with God in nature can be a transformative experience. The top of a mountain, a quiet beach listening to the ocean waves, sunlight… Read More »
Response to Council of Bishops Statement on the Findings of the Office of Attorney General of New York
By Dr. Mark Tyler, First Episcopal District I thank the Council of Bishops of the AME Church for their action against Bishop Gregory GM Ingram, this is only the beginning…. Read More »
Independence, Interdependence, and Ending Hunger
By Rev. Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith “Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill[a] the law of Christ.” Galatians 6:2 In 1852, Frederick Douglass, a leader in the… Read More »
I Am Somebody
By Rev. Dr. Maxine Thomas, Columnist “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” John 10:10 We… Read More »
Reflections on the 5th Boland annual Conference Lay Organization Convention
by Henry John Van Rhyn, 15th Episcopal District The 5th Boland Annual Conference Lay Organization Convention was held on the weekend of June 10, 2022, to June 12, 2022, at the… Read More »
STILL GOOD NEWS
By Evangelist Dr. Val Eloby-Slade, Member of The Bishop Sarah Francis Davis Covenant Keepers and Intercessors Ad Hoc Executive Board (Part 1 of 2) The Department of Church Growth and… Read More »
AME DEPARTMENT OF CHURCH GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS WITH CHURCHES IN NASHVILLE IN EQUIPPING THE LOCAL CHURCH GRANT FROM THE FOUNDATION FOR EVANGELISM
The Nashville District of the Tennessee Annual Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (Nashville District) is the recipient of a $10,000 Equipping the Local Church Grant from The Foundation… Read More »
Report from the 2022 June Session of the General Board
Hundreds of people gathered at the luxurious Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia, for the 2022 convening of the General Board of the African Methodist Episcopal Church held… Read More »
Council of Bishops Criminal Justice Task Force
The African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Council of Bishops created a Task Force on Criminal Justice in January 2022. The Council charged The Task Force with helping the AME Church become… Read More »