Category: News
Commentary on the 2021 General Conference
By Robbie Colson-Ramsey, Contributing Writer I remember traveling with my mother to my first General Conference in 2000, where Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie was elected the church’s first female Bishop…. Read More »
Connectional Christian Debutante-Masters Ceremony
By Robbie Colson-Ramsey, Contributing Writer Amid the chaos of worshipping virtually, conducting revisions of church legislation, being off schedule, needing an emergency recess, and entertaining the reports from the Episcopal… Read More »
CLOSING WORSHIP SERVICE AND CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS
CLOSING WORSHIP SERVICE AND CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS Our Closing Worship service opened with the Doxology. Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie led us in the Call to Worship followed by Bishop Stafford… Read More »
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 »