Category: News
Personal Statement from Some Individual Bishops on the Retirement Fund
To the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC) 31 May 2022: The undersigned bishops remain concerned about sentiments which prevail in our Zion relative to the retirement funds of our retirees… Read More »
200th Session of the New York Annual Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
State of the Country Report April 26, 2022 — May 1, 2022 Greetings, Bishop Julius Harrison McAllister, Supervisor Joan Marla McAllister, Presiding Elders Guyton, Owings, and Anderson, Pastors, Delegates, and Members… Read More »
13th Episcopal District Establishes Chaplain Spiritual Care Team
Rev. Dr. Benita Livingston, 13th Episcopal District The 13th Episcopal District, under the leadership of Bishop E. Anne Henning Byfield and Supervisor Ainsley Byfield, held its Mid-Year Convocation on March… Read More »
AME Pastor Honored as Georgia Mayor of the Year
Fayetteville Mayor Edward Johnson received the Mayor of the Year Award during the Georgia Minority Business Awards dinner held recently at the Georgia International Convention Center. The 24th annual event,… Read More »
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 »