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Fighting Together After Transition: A Theological Reflection on the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Fighting Together After Transition: A Theological Reflection on the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. By Rev. Jonathan C. Augustine, J.D., M.Div.   In Deuteronomy 34, the Israelites were faced… Read More »

Transitions in America: From 44th to 45th

Transitions in America: From 44th to 45th By John Thomas III, Editor President Barack Obama’s delivered his Farewell Address in Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday, January 10, 2017.    I was blessed… Read More »

Reckoning: The Black Church in the Post-Obama Era

Reckoning: The Black Church in the Post-Obama Era On January 20, 2017, President-Elect Donald J. Trump will be formally inaugurated as the President of the United States after a divisive… Read More »

Sometimes Seeing is Believing: Reflections on Faith and the Black Family Because of the Obamas

Sometimes Seeing is Believing: Reflections on Faith and the Black Family Because of the Obamas   By Rev. Jonathan C. Augustine, J.D., M.Div., 8th Episcopal District   “Now faith is… Read More »

Corpus Christi’s Water Ban Gets Quick Response from 10th District

Corpus Christi’s Water Ban Gets Quick Response from 10th District Rev. Linda Connor, 10th Episcopal District Recently, the people of Corpus Christi, Texas, learned that their City water was contaminated… Read More »

Brilliance Revealed: In-Depth Profiles of the Women of Hidden Figures

Brilliance Revealed: In-Depth Profiles of the Women of Hidden Figures   Hidden Figures is a motion picture telling the story of three African-American female mathematicians involved in the launch of… Read More »

Bishop Ingram travels to Bermuda to support Rev. Tweed; Government continues to deny work permit

Bishop Ingram travels to Bermuda to support Rev. Tweed; Government continues to deny work permit On January 3, Bishop Gregory G.M. Ingram met with the Bermudian Premier Michael Dunkley regarding… Read More »

Report from the 2016 Winter Session of the General Board and Council of Bishops

Staff of The Christian Recorder From December 5-7, 2016, African Methodist Episcopal Church clergy and lay leaders gathered in Naperville, Illinois for the Annual Meeting of the General Board and the… Read More »

Dylan Roof: What Comes After the Trial?

Dylan Roof: What Comes After the Trial? The Dylan Roof federal trial ended on Thursday, December 15, 2016. He was found guilty of all 33 federal counts. The verdict was not… Read More »

St. Mark AMEC Commemorates and Buries 166-Year-Old Mummy

By The Historical Committee, St. Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church                 In October 2011, St. Mark AME Church, Jackson Heights, received a phone call that the body of a dead… Read More »

Ward AME Church Opens its Doors to the Homeless of Los Angeles

  Staff of The Christian Recorder Homelessness is one of the largest civic problems facing Los Angeles. A story published in the October 8, 2016 edition of The Los Angeles… Read More »

18th Episcopal District Dedicates New Residence and Apartment Complex

Staff of The Christian Recorder On December 15, 2016, clergy and laity of the 18th Episcopal District gathered in Maseru, Lesotho for the dedication of Bishop’s Place—an Episcopal District project…. Read More »