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Answering the Call To Serve: Bishop Candidates Forum
Rev. Craig Robinson, 4th Episcopal District The evening’s candidate’s forum focused solely on those men and women who are aspiring toward Episcopal service. Three Bishops: Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie, Bishop… Read More »
Business Highlights
By Rev. Renita Green, TCR Columnist JUDICIAL COUNCIL The Judicial Council of the AME Church made its report to the General Conference. There were 3 judges retiring from the council…. Read More »
Are we there yet?
By Rev. Gaborone P. Lesito, TCR 19th Episcopal District Field Representative This is one question that many parents have had to answer. This often happens when a family takes a… Read More »
General Conference Communion Service
By Rev. Sheri D. Smith Clayborn, TCR Contributing Writer Thursday, July 8, 2021, the 51st Quadrennial Session of the General Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church gathered in person… Read More »
Interview with Youth Delegate Khazi Guwa
By Mrs. Maggie Grootboom de Bruyn, 15th Episcopal District TCR Field Representative Ms. Khazi Guwa is a Youth Delegate from the Eastern Cape Conference. Thank you for giving me this… Read More »
CONGRESSWOMAN VAL DEMINGS ADDRESSES THE 51ST SESSION OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE
By Rev. Renita Marie Green, Columnist Representative Val Demings greeted the General Conference during the opening business session on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Demings is a candidate for the US… Read More »
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 »