To Serve the Present Age: The Work of the AME Church General Departments in a Time of Global Pandemic Reverend Garland F. Pierce, Executive Director, Department of Christian Education  To serve the present age, My calling to fulfill O may it all my powers engage To do my Master’s will! -AMEC Hymnal, 1242 It is accepted without debate that the COVID-19 global pandemic has changed life as most of us have known it. The church and its ministry have not been immune to these effects. The general departments, those program responsibilities of the African Methodist Episcopal Church sufficient to be denominational entities to serve the entire Church and headed by General Officers elected by the General Conference (BODD 2016, pg. 817), also have been affected yet have been diligent in continuing to offer leadership and needed support services to our Zion while pivoting when necessary. Read More Here |
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The Planning Meeting that was in the 19th Episcopal District By Mxolosi Vilakasi, Contributing Writer  The 19th Episcopal District have sat for its planning meeting on the 07th of December 2020 from 2:00 to 20:30 under the theme “Better together”. The Rev Dimpo Gaobepe preached on the subject “victory is possible” setting the tone for the planning meeting. The planning meeting amongst other things received a report from Rev Teboho Thobane who reported on the annuity of pastors in the district. The report was overwhelmingly accepted with the progress made to increase the age from 65 years to 70 years which is a great milestone while a push will be pursued to broaden it to 75 years, the year in which pastors retire. Read More Here |
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Allen Temple AME Church-Atlanta Offers WiFi Safe Space 
“COVID-19 has changed how we all meet on Sunday morning but not how Allen Temple AME Church-Atlanta serves our community,” affirms the pastor, the Rev. Dr. Susan H. Buckson. Following CDC guidelines, Allen Temple opened on September 14, 2020, to support student learning with a simple combination of volunteers, internet access, and one six-foot table per student. We hosted students Monday-Friday from 8 AM-4 PM, providing breakfast, lunch, and snacks. Read more here |
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Have Faith: Don’t be Foolish By Rev. Monica C. Jones, PhD., Contributing Writer 
Wisdom reposes in the heart of the discerning and even among fools she lets herself be known. Proverbs 14:13 (NIV) In a time when people like to call on God when it is convenient or affirm God’s greatness when it is expedient, we as consistent, Christian believers must bear witness to what faith is. It is a blind allegiance to the Lord; it is belief in the impossible; it is the things hoped for that are not yet seen. It is all of these things. What it is not, is being foolish. Read More Here |
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Urgency Of Restoration of Rights Within Diverse Communities Eclipses Voter Registration Outreach By Julie Warlick, 2nd Episcopal District 
Third Street Bethel AME Church Social Action Committee and the Women’s Missionary Society, under the inspired leadership of Reverend Ruben J. Boyd, Jr., enacted “The Drive By Voter Registration” Campaign ahead of the November 3rd election. Our SAC Chair, Rita Willis, strategized a 10 Team operative plan to register, educate, and raised attitudinal changes about voting, for people in five marginalized communities in Richmond, Virginia. Namely Whitcomb Court, Gilpin Court, Fairfield Court, Mosby Court and Creighton Court, respectively. Our masked teams drove slowly throughout the housing units near our church with megaphones and large homemade signs hanging outside of our cars. Read More Here |
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The Truth is the Light By: Reverend Dr. Charles R. Watkins, Jr.
 Based on Biblical Text: Colossians 3:17 KJV: And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. We quickly come to the realization that time waits for no one. Time goes by whether we are paying attention or not. Believe it or not another year has come and gone. We can look back today and conclude that some of the issues we resolved to change have been conquered. However we can probably also conclude that there are many other issues still looming. As we anticipate the New Year as usual we find it to be a time of reflection. We are forced to take an introspective review of our life. We decide, once again, this New Year’s Eve, just as others in the past, our common goal is to start over and begin anew. Read More Here |
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Information for Virtual Worship Service Celebrating Council of Bishops President Michael L. Mitchell
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Will You Be One of the 500,000? By Rev. Dr. Terri Strong and Rev. Dorisalene Y. Hughes 
A prophetic call has come forth from the Episcopal leader in the Ninth Episcopal District, Bishop Harry L. Seawright. He has made a clarion call for 500,000 AME Church prayer warriors worldwide to take part in interceding in behalf of our General Conference in 2021. Bishop Seawright presides over the Bishop Sarah Francis Davis Covenant Keepers and Intercessors Connectional Prayer Team which is the official prayer team for the AME Church.
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AMEC Department of Research and Scholarship Telling Our Story Webinar
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Faithful Black Descendants Hope Reparations after Florida Massacre Will Be a Model
 As each new year approaches, Ebony Pickett looks back to the dark history of the massacre that began in the little-known majority-Black enclave in Rosewood, Florida, on Jan. 1, 1923.Pickett, descended from residents of Rosewood, feels the legacy of the massacre in personal ways. She was one of the first students to receive a Rosewood Family Scholarship from the state after Florida passed reparations legislation a quarter century ago. Read More Here |
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