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An Open Letter to the Six Presidents of Southern Baptist Convention Theological Seminaries
An Open Letter to the Six Presidents of Southern Baptist Convention Theological Seminaries By Rev. Brandon A. A. J. Davis, Contributing Writer To the Presidents of: Gateway Seminary of the… Read More »
Emanuel Nine Memorial Foundation and Emanuel Nine Memorial Update
Emanuel Nine Memorial Foundation and Emanuel Nine Memorial Update After the devastating massacre of nine clergy and members at Mother Emanuel AME Church on June 17, 2015, the Mother Emanuel Memorial Foundation,… Read More »
President Joe Biden and the Bethel AME Church, Wilmington, Delaware Connection
President Joe Biden and the Bethel AME Church, Wilmington, Delaware Connection By Kori Beaman Cheatham, 1st Episcopal District There are many wonderful things about Wilmington, Delaware. However, central among them are… Read More »
When The Black Church Leads… We All Succeed
When The Black Church Leads… We All Succeed By Antjuan Seawright, Columnist My mother grew up at the Maloney Baptist Church in Woodford, SC while my Dad, of course, grew… Read More »
Servants worthy of their hire: Fairly Paying Church Staff in the Age of Virtual Worship
Servants worthy of their hire: Fairly Paying Church Staff in the Age of Virtual Worship John Thomas III, Editor of the TCR The beginning of a new year is a… Read More »
To Serve the Present Age: The Work of the AME Church General Departments in a Time of Global Pandemic
To Serve the Present Age: The Work of the AME Church General Departments in a Time of Global Pandemic By Reverend Garland F. Pierce, Executive Director, Department of Christian Education… Read More »
The Heights and Depths of American Democracy
By Chuck Hobbs, Columnist It is finished…Last night in the early hours Congress–at last–certified Joseph R. Biden as the next President of the United States and Kamala D. Harris as… Read More »
Why religion and politics are at play in Georgia?
By Quardricos Bernard Driskell, Columnist Trump supporters descended upon the nation’s capital the second weekend of December at the March for Trump Rally, hosted by Women for America First. One… Read More »
When the Dawn Comes
When the Dawn Comes By John Thomas III, Editor Four years ago, when I penned my first December editorial, I was encouraged to share a meaningful word to lead into… Read More »
Biden and Harris won the election, but now it’s time to work.
Quardricos Driskell, Contributing Writer Election 2020 has been a very long, intense, and crazed election season. Tremendous efforts to “get out the vote” were launched into high gear; we became accustomed… Read More »
Lilly Endowment Announces 2021 Clergy Renewal Program
Lilly Endowment Announces 2021 Clergy Renewal Program Lilly Endowment’s Clergy Renewal Programs are administered by the Center for Pastoral Excellence at Christian Theological Seminary. Through its religion grantmaking, the Lilly Endowment—an… Read More »
Slightly Dry?
Slightly Dry? By Rev. Sheri D. Smith Clayborn, Contributing Writer I recently purchased a plant and the tag on it read, “Please water me when my soil is slightly dry.”… Read More »