Category: News
Rights & Rituals: Black Women and Daily Balms of Sanity
by Dora Muhammad, Contributing Writer The news headline, “Hurricane Erin explodes into monster category 5 storm in the Caribbean,” welcomed me the morning I sat down to finish editing this column—one… Read More »
A Humble and Transformational Leader
By Mrs. Joan Phillips-Bennett, 16th Episcopal District Leadership in the church is not without its challenges, and true leaders are often defined not by their perfection but by their ability to… Read More »
Church Dedications – Jerusalema E Ncha Circuit
By Rev. Gaborone P. Lesito, 19th Episcopal District TCR Field Representative Saturday 23 August 2025 came as a bright and beautiful day for the 19th Episcopal District, Mangena Maake Mokone Memorial Conference… Read More »
WOMEN’S CONVENTION 2025 – GHANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Frederick Ofori Agyemang, 14th ED TCR Field Representative The Women’s Convention is a non-denominational Women’s program organised annually by the women of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Ghana. The program… Read More »
Breaking News: Bishop Samuel Lawrence Green, Sr. Calls Together AME’s From the State of New Jersey for an Urgent Souls to the Polls/Get Out the Vote Rally
By Rev. Melvin Wilson, First Episcopal District New Brunswick, NJ (October 25, 2025) – Today, all roads from every AME Church in the State of New Jersey led to Mt…. Read More »
Not Everyone Makes It In: Why I Do Not Want a Heaven with Nazis
By Rev. Terrance L Thomas, Contributing Writer Quardricos Driskell’s essay “If Charlie Kirk Goes to Heaven” was written in response to Kirk’s recent death, asking readers to imagine the conservative activist finally learning to… Read More »
Sealy Memorial AME Church in Barbados hosts South Carolina Lowcountry Voice Choir.
By Presiding Elder Carlene Sobers, 16th Episcopal District In late June, the island of Barbados received a group of visitors celebrating a special type of homecoming. The Lowcountry Voices Choir participated… Read More »
Hope Me Something
By Claire B. Crawford, PhD., Contributing Writer Where is our now-hope? Dr. Irvin Hunt begins his book, Dreaming the Present, with the words of Fannie Lou Hamer: “Hope me something.”… Read More »
Updates from the 10th Episcopal District Social Justice and Social Action Ministry
By Rev. Dr. Micael Waters, 10th Episcopal District In this article, we wish to highlight some of the work of the 10th Episcopal District’s Social Justice and Social Action Ministry. As you… Read More »
A Connectional Turning Point for the AME Church
Rev. Dr. Dimpho Gaobepe, 19th Episcopal District The election of an African lay president, Brother Matikane Abednego Makiti, to the Connectional Lay Organization of the African Methodist Episcopal Church marks not merely a… Read More »
The Steeple Has Fallen, but The Stone Is Still Standing! Reverend Dr. Marlon D. Ector, Contributing Writer
Stone Springfield African Methodist Episcopal Church, located in Stapleton, Georgia, of the Augusta Annual Conference, in the 6th Episcopal District, Celebrated Easter Weekend with a special ribbon-cutting. After being displaced for… Read More »
“This Is to Certify…”
Robbie Colson Ramsey, Contributing Writer When a bishop stands behind that sacred desk and proclaims the Great Commission hymn and his or her melodic voices rise from the pulpit—“Go, preach… Read More »