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General Officer Appreciation Dinner
Rev. Dr. Shakira Sanchez-Collins, Columnist Members of the General Officers council, bishops, family members, friends, and colleagues gathered to honor the retiring general officers at the General Officer Appreciation dinner… Read More »
The Eleventh Episcopal District Scholarship Banquet
By Mrs. Valarie Russ, 11th Episcopal District How do we fellowship and generate funding for three legendary HBCU Institutions of higher learning? Simple, you have a Scholarship Banquet. Great idea,… Read More »
Asian Lives Matter
Hyepin Im, President of FACERev. Dr. Mark Whitlock, Pastor Reid Temple AME Church I watched the news reports of Robert Aaron Long, a 21-year-old white supremacist who went on a… Read More »
Shinning Brass and Tinkling Cymbals: The Juneteenth Federal Holiday
By Dr. Brandon A. A. J. Davis, Contributing Writer Juneteenth has been a celebration of freedom, a day for the culture, and a connectional day of blackness since June 19,… Read More »
“I Stayed In My Body”
By Ulysses Burley III Embodiment. Dictionary.com defines embodiment as “a tangible or visible form of an idea, quality, or feeling.” As Christians, we often associate the word ’embodiment’ with that… Read More »
Statement from the General Conference Commission on the 2021 General Conference
On May 7, the General Conference Commission of the African Methodist Episcopal Church voted to host the 51st Quadrennial Session of the General Conference in Orlando, Florida, and Cape Town,… Read More »
The Seven Last Words of George Floyd
By John Thomas III, Editor The commemoration of Good Friday is a solemn and holy event for Christians. We cannot get to the resurrection of Jesus Christ without traversing through… Read More »
The Heights and Depths of American Democracy
By Chuck Hobbs, Columnist It is finished…Last night in the early hours Congress–at last–certified Joseph R. Biden as the next President of the United States and Kamala D. Harris as… Read More »
Why religion and politics are at play in Georgia?
By Quardricos Bernard Driskell, Columnist Trump supporters descended upon the nation’s capital the second weekend of December at the March for Trump Rally, hosted by Women for America First. One… Read More »
From Protest To Politics To Policy To Power
By Rev. Matthew L. Watley, 2nd Episcopal District I was honored to be invited to speak at the 57th Anniversary of the March on Washington. Here are my reflections on… Read More »
AME Member Dr. Willis L. Lonzer Elected 36th General President of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Dr. Willis L. Lonzer, III is a native of Richmond, Virginia, where he attended the Henrico County Public Schools. He matriculated to Delaware State University, where he was a Charles… Read More »
We Will Breathe!
By John Thomas, III, Editor George Floyd was murdered. He did not lose his life. The life in his body was brutally taken from him. As I write this editorial,… Read More »