Category: News

Court Restores Assets and Programs to First AME Church

Court Restores Assets and Programs to First AME Church By Cora Jackson-Fossett, Staff Writer, LA Sentinel   The nearly five-year battle to obtain assets belonging to First AME Church of… Read More »

Bishop and Supervisor Young Celebrate 50 Years of Marriage

Bishop and Supervisor Young Celebrate 50 Years of Marriage On September 23, 1967, a love story for the ages began as the Rev. McKinley Young and Dorothy Jackson were wed… Read More »

Child Murder Prosecutor—AME’s Heroine in the 15th District

Child Murder Prosecutor—AME’s Heroine in the 15th District By Maggie Grootboom, 15th Episcopal District TCR Field Representative   Advocate Bonnie Currie-Gamwo (BCG), is a member of Mother Bethel AME Church,… Read More »

North Atlanta District Sponsors Mayoral Forum for Atlanta Mayor Candidates

North Atlanta District Sponsors Mayoral Forum for Atlanta Mayor Candidates On Tuesday, September 26, 2017, Bishop Reginald T.Jackson, the presiding prelate of the Sixth Episcopal District of the AME Church… Read More »

#MeToo in God’s House: Reflecting on Sexual Harassment and Assault in the AME Church

#MeToo in God’s House: Reflecting on Sexual Harassment and Assault in the AME Church By Mr. John Thomas, III, Editor   On October 5, 2017, the New York Times published… Read More »

Analysis: The Trump Administration Resurrects J. Edgar Hoover by Targeting Black Civil Rights Groups

By Chuck Hobbs, Columnist If you ever needed proof that there is “nothing new under the sun,” look no further than the Trump Justice Department’s new push to target “Black… Read More »

105 Years Young: Church Matriarch Celebrates 98 Years of Membership

105 Years Young: Church Matriarch Celebrates 98 Years of Membership On August 13, 2017, the Admiration Thanksgiving Obedience Consecration (ATOC) African Methodist Episcopal Church in Dawson, Georgia, celebrated their 135th… Read More »

The Life and Times of Presiding Elder Henry John Legolie

The Life and Times of Presiding Elder Henry John Legolie By James Ellis and Theo Messiah, 15th Episcopal District On Sunday, September 3, we chatted to Presiding Elder Henry Legolie… Read More »

St. John AME Church Turns Into a “Church Without Walls On The Hill” At Alabama A&M University

St. John AME Church Turns Into a “Church Without Walls On The Hill” At Alabama A&M University By Jeanette Jones It was a great day on “the Hill” and a… Read More »

What Shall be our Response when we have Already been Denied? “Shut it down!”

By Rev. Christine Pennington-Stancil, 5th Episcopal District   As I was standing in the midst of the scene of a police state, a sense of brokenness overwhelmed me. By now,… Read More »

Wilberforce University is the recipient of The HBCU Master’s Degree Program Grant

Wilberforce University is the recipient of The HBCU Master’s Degree Program Grant. Over the next six years, the institution will receive a grand total of $2.49 million to support scholars… Read More »

Laughter, Faith, and Service: The Life of Dick Gregory

Laughter, Faith, and Service: The Life of Dick Gregory Rev. Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith Last month, African-American comedian and civil rights activist Richard Claxton Gregory passed away. Dick Gregory’s life reminds… Read More »