Category: News

Dr. Shirley Cason Reed Fulfills God’s Anointed Word

Dr. Shirley Cason Reed Fulfills God’s Anointed Word Mrs. Julie Hagwood Bethel AME, Evanston, IL 4th Episcopal District In July 2012, I moved from my home of 28 years to… Read More »

Rock the Vote

Rock the Vote Eddie Scott, Christian Social Relations Chair Connectional YPD   In 1789, the first President of the United States of America, General George Washington was elected. Only 6%… Read More »

Protest March

On July 6, 2016 over 1500 persons took to the streets of Philadelphia to protest the police shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.  Many of the protestors were also… Read More »

​Reflections on the Bicentennial General Conference

Dr. Jamye Coleman Williams—Retired General Officer  It is truly a daunting task for me to reflect on our Bicentennial General Conference.  When our family left Atlanta on Saturday, July 2,… Read More »

Editorial

The 50th Quadrennial Session of the General Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church concluded on July 13, 2016.  Tens of thousands of AME members converged upon the Pennsylvania Convention… Read More »

Keeping the Movement Moving

As we prepared ourselves to settle into long and arduous meetings during the 50th Session of the General Conference, Alton Sterling was gunned down by police in Baton Rouge. On… Read More »

Reflections on the Bicentennial General Conference

After an absence of eight years from self-imposed exile, I returned to connectional activities in 2016 and must admit that I was overwhelmed by the hundreds, if not thousands, of… Read More »

My Reflections from the 50th General Conference

On July 3-13, 2016, the descendants of Richard and Sarah Allen traveled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to celebrate the 50th Quadrennial Session of the General Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal… Read More »

The End of One Journey and the Beginning of Another

  “There are some things I may not know, there are some places I can’t go, but I am sure of this one thing, [my] God is REAL.” —Lyrics paraphrased… Read More »