Category: News
At Home in Allen’s Church: Stories of Multicultural AME Members
At Home in Allen’s Church: Stories of Multicultural AME Members By Kiratiana Freelon and John Thomas, III Nisshy grew up in a Roman Catholic family. Although her family never “practiced” the… Read More »
Less about Meetings, More about the Message and the Mission
Less about Meetings, More about the Message and the Mission By John Thomas, III “From June to August, the world’s oldest pan-African religious organization sponsored major events in Alabama, Washington,… Read More »
THE LEDGE: It’s Time to Move
THE LEDGE: It’s Time to Move By Byron Washington, Columnist Deuteronomy 2:3 says, “You have been skirting this hill country long enough. Head north.” Why do we stay in places… Read More »
Get the Message
Get the Message By Rev. Jarrett Washington, MACE, MDiv, Contributing Writer Joshua 9:12 says, “Here is our bread; it was still warm when we took it from our houses as… Read More »
The Black Church in the 2020 Elections: Who Speaks? Who Cares?
The Black Church in the 2020 Elections: Who Speaks? Who Cares? Since November 9, 2016, and the (at the time) improbable election of the incumbent 45thpresident of the United States,… Read More »
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 »