Category: Editorials
Staying Uplifted and Undeterred in the Trump Era
Approaching the end of a calendar year offers a time of reflection and anticipation. We celebrate the triumphs, mourn the losses, and think about what we can do better in… Read More »
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 »
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 »
#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 »
Stop, Drop, and Roll
Stop, Drop, and Roll By Rev. Lisa Hammonds Clergy burnout is real. I’m hearing more and more of my ministerial colleagues complain about being overwhelmed and at the brink of… Read More »
Charlottesville: White Supremacy, Statues, and History
By D’Weston Haywood, PhD., Columnist Ideologies often need symbols to thrive and the events in Charlottesville, Virginia, have illustrated this (once again). Protests around the statue of Confederate General Robert… Read More »
New Eyes for the Global Church
By Mr. John Thomas III, Editor of The Christian Recorder 1787 (the foundation of the Free African Society) and 1816 (the first General Conference) are years that are well-known to… Read More »
Christianity and the roots of America’s age-old problem with race
Please note that the title of this piece does not posit that Jesus Christ is the root of America’s problems with race, rather, Christianity as social and political constructs ALWAYS… Read More »
Welcome the Stranger
Welcome the Stranger Rev. Dr. Ore L. Spragin, Jr., Guest Editor It is not always an easy thing to welcome those who are different than us. This is true not… Read More »
Perspectives
Perspectives on the Eve of the 35th CLO Biennial Session “African Methodism needs a vigorous healthy and well-informed laity. This will produce a productive and dynamic Church…The district and national gatherings… Read More »
The Lynching of Philando Castile
The Lynching of Philando Castile By: Jenn M. Jackson There are subtle (and not so subtle) reminders everywhere that Black lives do not matter. The recent acquittal of Philando Castile’s… Read More »