Category: News

Marvin Sapp, R. Kelly, and the Church’s (Significant) Role in addressing Toxic Masculinity

Marvin Sapp, R. Kelly, and the Church’s (Significant) Role in addressing Toxic Masculinity By Jenn M. Jackson, Guest Editor There have always been questions about the role of the church… Read More »

From Vision to Reality: The Bishop Sarah Frances Davis Connectional Women’s Missionary Society Outpatient Health Clinic Dedication

From Vision to Reality: The Bishop Sarah Frances Davis Connectional Women’s Missionary Society Outpatient Health Clinic Dedication By Dr. Carol T. Taylor Mitchell, Special to The Christian Recorder Delice, Haiti,… Read More »

Reflections on Reformation Day

Reflections on Reformation Day By Rev. Kelli Jolly, Special to The Christian Recorder   Happy Reformation Day! Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther, armed with a few nails and a… Read More »

Lessons Local Churches Can Learn From Military Strategies

Editor’s note:  November 11 commemorates Veteran’s Day in the United States and we requested Retired Editor Calvin H. Sydnor, III to write this issue’s editorial. Lessons Local Churches Can Learn… Read More »

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 »