Category: News

AMEs Honored at SDPC

AMEs Honored at SDPC By Rev. Q. Bernard Driskell, Columnist The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, Inc. (SDPC) represents a cross-section of progressive African American faith leaders and their congregations in… Read More »

An Easter Sunday People in a Good Friday World

By Rev. P. Kimberleigh Jordan, Ph.D. Jeremiah 31:15 says, “Thus says the Lord: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she… Read More »

Psycho-spiritual Health in the Time of COVID-19

Psycho-spiritual Health in the Time of COVID-19  By Rev. Dr. Melinda Contreras-Byrd  Ecclesiastes 3:1 says, “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.” The… Read More »

The Future is here: the AME Church during COVID-19 and beyond

By John Thomas III, Editor As I write this editorial, 175 countries have confirmed cases of novel coronavirus COVID-19. “Shelter in place” orders have been implemented in the states of… Read More »

Coronavirus: A Sobering Truth

By Senior Bishop Adam J. Richardson, Jr. COVID-19 is not a hoax. The virus cares nothing about having a passport at the border. It will not respect the protocol for… Read More »

Who Do We Say We Are? A Theological Perspective on COVID-19 and the Church’s Response

By Rev. Brandee Jasmine Mimitzraiem, 5th Episcopal District The response of the Church to any crisis, to any situation that impacts its people, demonstrates who the Church is. Who are… Read More »

Managing fear in the midst of Corona: Lessons learned from the frontline of Ebola

By Katurah York Cooper, 14th Episcopal District About six years ago, I found myself immersed in the Ebola Epidemic that claimed nearly 4000 Liberian lives. In late July 2014, I… Read More »

Interview with Jim Clyburn

Interview with Jim Clyburn John Thomas, III, the editor of The Christian Recorder, scored a two-for-one deal when he interviewed Congressional Representative Jim Clyburn of South Carolina at the General Board… Read More »

Famed Journalist Gwen Ifill, daughter of the AME tradition honored

By Rev. Q. Bernard Driskell, Columnist On the pre-eve of America’s recognition of the contributions of African Americans during Black History Month, the United States Postal Service remembered the late… Read More »

Beware of the ADOS Movement: A Threat to Social Justice and Black Collective Activism

Beware of the ADOS Movement: A Threat to Social Justice and Black Collective Activism By Jessica Ann Mitchell Aiwuyor, 2nd Episcopal District The year 2020 is pivotal for the Black community…. Read More »

First District WIM Celebrates Life of the Rev. Jarena Lee

First District WIM Celebrates Life of the Rev. Jarena Lee By Mrs. Angelena Spears, 1st Episcopal District The Rev. Jarena Lee would have been proud. Two hundred years after her first… Read More »

Death of Mrs. Valerie Faith Gary Bell, 14th President of the Connectional Lay Organization (1953-2020)

Family Statement It is with great sadness that Mr. Donald Bell, Sr., Mr. Donald Bell, Jr., Dr. Shirley Cason Reed, and family share the passing of a loving wife, mother,… Read More »