Category: News

Looking for God’s Transformation in All the Right Places

Looking for God’s Transformation in All the Right Places By Rev. Arionne Yvette Williams, Contributing Writer Have you not known? Have you noticed the move of God lately? Have you… Read More »

Politics, Public Policy, Ethics, and Education: A Right to Holistic Life

Politics, Public Policy, Ethics, and Education: A Right to Holistic Life By Rev. Quardricos B. Driskell, Columnist Given all that is politically taking place in our country, the one issue… Read More »

Churches Uniting in Christ

Churches Uniting in Christ Churches Uniting in Christ (CUIC), a covenant organization of 11 different US denominations and communions, held its triennial plenary session in Montgomery, Alabama, from June 6-9,… Read More »

Through a Different Lens

Through a Different Lens By Byron Washington, Contributing Writer We constantly hear people talk about diversity.  At the corporate level, companies want to have a viable “diversity pipeline.” In ministry, the… Read More »

Retired Bishop John Bryant Delivers Folorunso Alakija Distinguished Lecture at Harvard University

By Rev. Ellis I. Washington, 1stEpiscopal District On April 17, 2019, students, faculty, and members from the community filed into the Memorial Church on Harvard’s Campus to hear Bishop John… Read More »

Transition of Rev. Albert D. Tyson III (1948-2019)

The Rev. Albert D. Tyson III served as the Presiding Elder of the North District of the Chicago Annual Conference in the 4th Episcopal District. In the past, he was… Read More »

Feet in the Sand and Heads in the Clouds: The Future of the AME Church

Feet in the Sand and Heads in the Clouds:  The Future of the AME Church  By John Thomas III, Editor of The Christian Recorder With little over a year to the… Read More »

HBCUs: Let’s Get in Formation

HBCUs: Let’s Get in Formation By Ms. Lauren A. Wilson, Columnist The highly-anticipated Homecoming documentary produced by Beyoncé was expectedly satisfying, exciting, and full of Black pride. A 200-person band… Read More »

Unity, Justice, and Time in Martin Luther King’s Reality

Unity, Justice, and Time in Martin Luther King’s Reality  By Chinelo Tyler, Connectional YPD President The “Letter From a Birmingham Jail” is an excellent artifact. It offers a complete historical… Read More »

Abraham–the father of many nations, Christianity & Islam in a time of Terror

Abraham–the father of many nations, Christianity & Islam in a time of Terror By Rev. Dr. Dilara Üsküp During this sacred ritual of Jumah on Friday, March 15, 2019, in… Read More »

An Overlooked Legacy: AME Church Primary and Secondary Schools in Districts 14-20

An Overlooked Legacy: AME Church Primary and Secondary Schools in Districts 14-20 By John Thomas III, Editor The following is an excerpt from a statement made at the 2004 General… Read More »

Transition of Bishop Frederick Hilborn Talbot (1927-2019)

Service arrangements for The Right Reverend Frederick Hilborn Talbot are as follows:   Tuesday, May 14, 2019Visitation: 11:00 amMemorial Service: 12 noon Presiding Elder Earle Ifill, Worship LeaderBishop John R. Bryant,… Read More »