Category: News

AME General Board Member & Lay Leader Carl Davis is featured in a Juneteenth Houston Documentary
AME General Board Member & Lay Leader Carl Davis of the 10th Episcopal District is featured in a documentary about African Americans Juneteenth experience and celebration in Texas produced by… Read More »

St. James AME: A Small Church on a Big Mission that Supports TCR
St. James AME, Brighton: A Small Church on a Big Mission that Supports The Christian Recorder We greet you in the matchless name of Jesus and are excited to help… Read More »

Welcome the Stranger
Welcome the Stranger Rev. Dr. Ore L. Spragin, Jr., Guest Editor It is not always an easy thing to welcome those who are different than us. This is true not… Read More »

The Rev. Dr. Homer Littlefield McCall Scholarship Endowed
The Rev. Dr. Homer Littlefield McCall Scholarship Endowed During the Alabama A&M University’s Annual Founders Day Celebration, the members of St. John AME Church presented a check in the amount… Read More »

AME Church Opera Star Continues to Soar
AME Church Opera Star Continues to Soar Making her San Francisco Opera debut in 2016 as Bersi in “Andrea Chénier,” American mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges is quickly becoming one of the… Read More »

Immanuel Temple Hosts “Big Deal” Book Signing for Bishop McKenzie
Immanuel Temple Hosts “Big Deal” Book Signing for Bishop McKenzie The 10th District Presiding Prelate, National Chaplain of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and The Links, Inc. unveiled her fifth… Read More »

Through the Eyes of Elmina: Lessons from Ghana’s Slave Castle
Through the Eyes of Elmina: Lessons from Ghana’s Slave Castle Rev. Arionne Yvette Williams, Contributing Writer It was a beautiful May afternoon when I first set foot in Elmina. About… Read More »

AME Church Issues Open Letter to Boy Scouts of America in Response to President Trump’s National Jamboree Speech
Mr. Michael Surbaugh Chief Scout Executive Boy Scouts of America P.O. Box 152079 Irving, TX 75015-2079 Dear Mr. Surbaugh: Greetings from the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC), its Department of… Read More »

TCR Breaking News: Bishops Meet with Concerned Pastors and Lay Supporters in the 19th District
THE CHURCH HAS LISTENED By Rev. Gaborone Lesito, 19th District TCR Field Representative The day that the Church has been waiting for had finally arrived. The Bishops of the Church… Read More »

Perspectives
Perspectives on the Eve of the 35th CLO Biennial Session “African Methodism needs a vigorous healthy and well-informed laity. This will produce a productive and dynamic Church…The district and national gatherings… Read More »

Stirring Up Gifts From God
Stirring Up Gifts From God By Rev. Lana Parks Miller & Rev. Morgan Dixon, 4th Episcopal District Sunday, June 25th was Annual Women’s Day at DuPage AME Church in Lisle,… Read More »

The Lynching of Philando Castile
The Lynching of Philando Castile By: Jenn M. Jackson There are subtle (and not so subtle) reminders everywhere that Black lives do not matter. The recent acquittal of Philando Castile’s… Read More »