The Terrible Truth About This Time of Pandemic By Rev. Dr. Melinda Contreras-Byrd, Contributing Writer  COVID-19 has hit the world like a comet falling to earth with powerful reverberations. All over the world, people have hunkered down in their houses terrorized by a real-life death threat that no one saw coming. While the physical and psychological ramifications of our attempts to counter this deadly attack on humanity are bad enough, the terrible truth is that there is an even more deadly threat bubbling just below the surface. Read More Here |
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God Provides Ministry  What a mighty God we serve! COVID-19 hit our country and caused attention to how some would be able to continue to provide for their families. In March, when a lot of businesses were shutting down, the Rev. Dr. Robert Richard Allen Turner, the pastor of Historic Vernon AME Church, received a vision from God to continue to feed the people and the God Provides Ministry was formed. Read More Here |
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Historical Comparisons at Home and Abroad By Jennifer Sims, Ph.D., Contributing Writer 
Even before he described Neo-Nazis as “very fine people,” public discourse murmured with comparisons of Trump to Hitler. The children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors are now writing newspaper articles and OpEds about how the president’s rhetoric and policies give them déjà vu. Increasingly, however, other people draw the comparison as well. It makes me uneasy when it comes from the latter group, though, because it feels like a combination of Eurocentrism and collective amnesia. Read more here |
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Law, Decency, and Order: Preserving the Status Quo
By Lynn M. Hargrow, Special to TCR 
On May 31, 2020, in response to protesters, the president of the United States sent a familiar message through Twitter. Richard Nixon used it in the 1970s to rally voters who were convinced that the civil rights movements of decades prior had ushered in social chaos, particularly in the nation’s cities. Yet, the last president I remember calling for law and order was Donald Trump’s predecessor.
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Coping with the Confluence of Cancer, Chemo, and COVID 19–A Testimony, Part II By Rev. Dr. Letitia Williams-Watford, 9th Episcopal District 
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, I am a survivor of an aggressive stage 3 cancer. Yet, in the waning days of the initial 120-day phase of my treatment plan, I am now doing a victory lap. I have emerged from the harrowing abyss of mental and physical pain and suffering known as chemotherapy and I still have joy. From the day of my diagnosis, Jesus said my sickness was not unto death and that I would live to tell my journey. Read more here |
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Health Disparities By Marcella Peyre-Ferry, 1st Episcopal District 
The Rev. Dr. Linwood Smith, the pastor of Mt. Zion AME Church in Atglen, earned his Doctor of Ministry degree from Lancaster Theological Seminary last May. The topic of his thesis is always relevant but is particularly important now, “The Role of Clergy in Promoting Health and Wellness.” Smith’s research started three years ago. It was done in the Philadelphia Annual Conference of the AME Church, West/Main Line and Philadelphia Districts. “This research can be used for all denominations,” Smith said. Read more here |
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Pandemic Provisions: Food for the Body and Soul By Fiona Stokes, 16th Episcopal District 
The Rev. Jermaine Mulley has been the pastor at St. Luke AME Church in St. Croix for just under two years. In his short time, he has focused on the spiritual health of his congregation along with their physical and social health. As social distancing mandates began to fall into place and stay-at-home orders were sanctioned in the rise of the COVID-19 global pandemic in March, Pastor Mulley had already transitioned his services away from in-person gathering. Read more here |
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Statement from the CFO and CIO Regarding Whitcomb Opinion Piece in The Christian Recorder By Dr. Richard Allen Lewis, Sr., CFO/Treasurer and Dr. Jeffery B. Cooper, Sr., CIO/General Secretary 
On August 17, 2020, an opinion piece by the Rev. Geoffrey Whitcomb of the 1st Episcopal District entitled, “Serving Money Versus Serving God: Time for Our AME Church to Repent,” was published on The Christian Recorder website and appears in the August printed paper. While sharing the Rev. Whitcomb’s desire for accountability at all levels of our Church, we wish to clarify factual errors that were written regarding information on the sale of the AME Church Sunday School Union (SSU) building at 508-512 8th Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee, as well as the availability of financial information of the Connectional AME Church departments. Read More Here |
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Healthier Food in our Churches By Rev. Natalie Mitchem, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Matthew 4:23 says, “Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people.” Recently, it was announced that African Americans are dying and suffering at a greater rate from COVID-19 than other ethnic groups. Read More Here |
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COVID Vaccine Trial Includes Black Christian University Presidents
By Adelle M. Banks 
The presidents of two historically Black universities — one Catholic, the other Protestant — have announced that they are participating in a COVID-19 vaccine study. President C. Reynold Verret of Xavier University of Louisiana and President Walter M. Kimbrough of Dillard University said Wednesday (Sept. 2) they are taking part in the Phase 3 trial of the Ochsner Health System. Read More Here |
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