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Portraits Unveiled During Wesley’s Annual Lay Day

By Thelma Kennedy-Malveaux, 10th Episcopal District The Lay Organization of the historic Wesley AME Church in Houston celebrated its Annual Lay Day on September 16, 2018. This year’s Lay Day… Read More »

150 Year History of Shorter AME Church, Denver, Colorado

By Ada L. Groff, 5th Episcopal District Mary Randolph and Mary Smith were founders of the AME Church in Denver. Randolph was born in 1826 to free parents in New… Read More »

The Price of Protest

By Rev. Linda Banks, Contributing Writer Those of us who paid attention in government class understand that protests are as American as apple pie. Americans were protesting before America was… Read More »

Interview with Dr. Jamal Harrison Bryant

On November 18, shockwaves spread across the Connectional AME Church when the Rev. Dr. Jamal H. Bryant announced to his congregation that he would be leaving Empowerment Temple after founding… Read More »

Twenty-Five Years of Investing in Our Future

Ellen Frazier, Metropolitan AME Church, Washington DC On Saturday, March 10, 2018, the Potomac District (Washington Conference, Second Episcopal District) Church School Council hosted the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the… Read More »

Black Genocide Persists in Brazil

By Kiratiana Freelon, Contributing Writer I will never forget the night. I was in Salvador, Brazil, for the World Social Forum Conference and I had just left a wonderful panel… Read More »

Prophetic Ministry: An interview with the Reverend Rosalynn Kyle Smith Brookins, D.Min.

On May 11, 2018, Payne Theological Seminary held its annual commencement exercises.  In addition to the students receiving the Master of Divinity degree, sixteen students were awarded the Doctor of… Read More »

A Few Thoughts about a Great Neighborhood

By Rev. Dr. Michael Carson, Contributing Writer You are watching a dark blue star-lit sky with the camera panning down to a scene of people of all backgrounds interacting together… Read More »

The Ledge: The Cold War of Youth Ministry

By Byron Washington Columnist Youth in the United States, China, and Singapore face very similar issues.  The cultures and norms may be different but the underlining issues are still the… Read More »

Holy Convocation: Equipping the Church for Ministry

By Licentiate Rickey Ciapha Dennis Jr., 7th Episcopal District For the second consecutive year, an out-of-the-ordinary church gathering has equipped members for ministry. The God First Holy Convocation, instituted by… Read More »

Prince’s death from Fentanyl highlights the rise in Opioid addiction in the Black Community

By Chuck Hobbs, Columnist This past April 19th, nearly two years to the day that Pop music legend Prince died at his home in Minneapolis, authorities confirmed that the singer… Read More »

James H. Cone, 79, AME itinerant elder and Founder of Black Liberation Theology, Dies

Rev. Dr. James Hal Cone, renowned founder of Black Liberation Theology, award-winning author and Bill & Judith Moyers Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary in the City… Read More »