Category: News

Think, Heal, Thrive: Why Should Black Americans Care About the Green New Deal?

Think, Heal, Thrive: Why Should Black Americans Care About the Green New Deal? By Rev. Shakira Sanchez Collins, MD, Columnist Months after the mid-term elections in the United States, Democrats… Read More »

Chaplain Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Johnson Recognized

Chaplain Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Johnson, an itinerant elder assigned to the Second Episcopal District in the Washington Annual Conference, was recently awarded the 2019 Scott AFB Dr. Martin Luther King… Read More »

Are You Making an Impact or Just Passing By?

Are You Making an Impact or Just Passing By?  By Robbie Colson-Ramsey, Contributing Writer As the spouse of the pastor, have you ever missed a Sunday at church and your… Read More »

Sharing Your Congregation’s Story: Why it Matters and How To Do It

John Thomas III, Editor of The Christian Recorder In the United States and Canada, Black History Month is an annual celebration held in February. Carter G. Woodson pioneered Black History… Read More »

2019 Founders Day Message

By Bishop Reginald T. Jackson Sisters and Brothers of the AME Church: By God’s grace, we prepare to begin the 203rd year in the life of the African Methodist Episcopal… Read More »

Bishop Frank Madison Reid III assigned to the Third Episcopal District

On Saturday, January 26, the Council of Bishops of the AME Church has assigned the Right Reverend Frank Madison Reid III, the 138th Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the AME Church… Read More »

Positioning Ourselves for Church Growth

On December 5-6, 2018, AMEs from across the Connection gathered at the CONVO in Atlanta, Georgia, and discussed a myriad of topics that could frame the debate and actions of… Read More »

St. Paul AME Church, Cambridge, MA, Celebrates 145 Years

St. Paul AME Church, Cambridge, MA, Celebrates 145 Years By Jondelle DeVeaux, 1stEpiscopal District St. Paul AME Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts recently concluded a month-long celebration for their 145thAnniversary. The… Read More »

Brown Chapel, Joliet, Sponsors Black College Fair

Brown Chapel, Joliet, Sponsors Black College Fair On November 11, the Joliet Chapter of National Hook-up of Black Women, Inc. participated in the 25thBetty A. Mahone Joliet Area Black College… Read More »

What Every AME member Needs to Know About the 116th Congress

(Washington, DC) It’s a New Day….. In the US House of Representatives and US Senate.  Today, we assume that you may not remember or be aware of how the actions of… Read More »

MCAM Executive Board Meets in Huntsville, Alabama

MCAM Executive Board Meets in Huntsville, Alabama By St. John Newsletter Staff Writers, 9thEpiscopal District The Executive Board of the Music and Christian Arts Ministry (MCAM) of the AME Church… Read More »

Report from CONVO 2018

Report from CONVO 2018 TCR Staff The custom of holding CONVOs began in 1987 as a part of the Bicentennial Programming led by Bishop Vinton R. Anderson to discuss the… Read More »