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Christian Nationalism?
Christian Nationalism? By Ore Spragin, Editor, The Christian Index There is a camp that says America is a Christian nation and there is another that says we are not. In between… Read More »
Twenty-Five Years of Investing in Our Future
Ellen Frazier, Metropolitan AME Church, Washington DC On Saturday, March 10, 2018, the Potomac District (Washington Conference, Second Episcopal District) Church School Council hosted the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the… Read More »
Black Genocide Persists in Brazil
By Kiratiana Freelon, Contributing Writer I will never forget the night. I was in Salvador, Brazil, for the World Social Forum Conference and I had just left a wonderful panel… Read More »
Prophetic Ministry: An interview with the Reverend Rosalynn Kyle Smith Brookins, D.Min.
On May 11, 2018, Payne Theological Seminary held its annual commencement exercises. In addition to the students receiving the Master of Divinity degree, sixteen students were awarded the Doctor of… Read More »
Politics, Public Policy Ethics, and Education: A House Without a Prayer
Politics, Public Policy Ethics, and Education: A House Without a Prayer By Quadricos Bernard Driskell, Columnist I was impressed with the House of Representatives Chaplain, Father Patrick J. Conroy when… Read More »
Prince’s death from Fentanyl highlights the rise in Opioid addiction in the Black Community By Chuck Hobbs, Columnist
Prince’s death from Fentanyl highlights the rise in Opioid addiction in the Black Community By Chuck Hobbs, Columnist This past April 19th, nearly two years to the day that Pop… Read More »
John Wesley’s Aldersgate Experience in Context
John Wesley’s Aldersgate Experience in Context By Rev. Dr. J. C. Park, President of World Methodist Council People called Methodists all around the world are celebrating the 280th-anniversary of the… Read More »
Central High School in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Commemorates Sit-In, AME Presiding Elder Honored
Central High School in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Commemorates Sit-In, AME Presiding Elder Honored On February 26, 2018, the Central High School class of 1973 held an event at Allen Chapel AME… Read More »
Liberating Lessons from the late Dr. James Hal Cone
Liberating Lessons from the late Dr. James Hal Cone By Rev. Teresa Fry Brown, Ph.D., Executive Director of Research and Scholarship, AME Church The death of the Rev. James Hal… Read More »
Who Are We? A Lesson from the Life of James Cone and his Love for the Church
Who Are We? A Lesson from the Life of James Cone and his Love for the Church By Rev. Nikia Smith Robert, Contributing Writer In rural Arkansas, at Macedonia AME… Read More »
On the Revolutionary Hope of Alice Thurman
On the Revolutionary Hope of Alice Thurman By Rev. Joi Orr, 1stEpiscopal District The police killing of Stephon Clark, the Austin package bombs, and the deepening wealth gap between whites… Read More »
Report from the 2018 Session of the Windward Islands Annual Conference
Report from the 2018 Session of the Windward Islands Annual Conference By Rev. Gail Meridin, 16thEpiscopal District “Renew, Ascend and Soar” is the theme for the 16thEpiscopal District during this… Read More »