Are We Palestinians’ Keepers?
Rev. Dr. Jennifer Leath, 5th Episcopal District  Today, the world seems to be asking itself, “are we Palestinians’ keepers?” (i.e., should we care for Palestinian survival and the restoration of stolen land, rights, and resources?). Before the question is asked, the answer is already “YES!” (Genesis 4.9). And as violent injustices persist and worsen in Israel/Palestine (notwithstanding cease-fires), this obligation is more important now than ever.
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The Battle for the Soul of America
By Rev. Dr. Gregory Vaughn Eason, Sr., 6th Episcopal District 
Psalm 11:3 says, “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” These words ring true today as we come face-to-face with foundational issues for American democracy. Voting and justice are the bedrock of a democratic society. However, we must not forget that slavery and segregation undergird the racism that is America’s original sin. The question with voter suppression laws threatening the foundation of our democracy and with social justice at stake is what must we do to redeem the soul of our nation? Read More Here |
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A Psychological Point of View of the Promises We Can Keep
By Rev. Dr. Melinda Contreras-Byrd, Contributing Writer 
After much research and reading, I have come upon a few hard truths. Most people devote little to no time to self-exploration unless they find themselves confined! We come to know deep truths by experiencing confinement be it to a hospital bed, life-sustaining machine, prison cell, or room on a psychiatric or detox ward. A recent confining catalyst is shelter-in-place rules that have kept us from work and spending time with others. I learned some of these hard truths that I later passed on to my psychotherapy clients.
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Losing with People, Winning with God: Navigating God’s Zero-Sum Game
By Rev. Dr. Jason Curry, Columnist  When we shop at grocery stores, clothing stores, or other establishments to purchase goods or services, we are looking to encounter and embrace a win-win scenario. Businesses make a profit and we are satisfied with our purchases.
To say the least, win-win relationships are often viewed as the ideal relationships between people and institutions. Read More Here |
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Remembering One Hundred Years: Black Wall Street and the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
By Rev. Jerrolyn Eulinberg, PhD, 4th District  This year marks 100 years of a well-kept secret in our American history and the ethical challenges that still surround the “value” of Black bodies as equal in this country. When we reflect on the history of Black Wall Street, we celebrate the most successful Black business district of this nation and the awesome accomplishments of remarkable African Americans in an unprecedented time of racism, white supremacy, and public lynching.
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Sesquicentennial birthday of Mother Charlotte Maxeke celebrated in South Africa 
On April 7, 2021 on what would have been her 150th birthday, South African pioneer Charlotte Maxeke was honored by the African National Congress. Mother Maxeke was the first Black woman to receive a college degree and attended Wilberforce University in Ohio. She was one of the pioneers of both the AME Church and the African National Congress. One of South Africa's major hospitals is named in her honor. Read More Here |
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2021 General Conference Information and Update
It’s official! The 51st Quadrennial Session of the AME Church General Conference will be held July 6-10, 2021. The Connectional Lay Organization Biennial will open the morning of July 11 and close the afternoon of July 12, 2021. Please see ameclay.org for the latest information.
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Wilberforce University Gets a Retool From Home Depot 
Wilberforce University (WU) will receive a $20,000 campus uplift thanks to the votes sent to the Home Depot Retool Your School Campaign. Wilberforce came in seventh place in Cluster 3. The top 10 schools in each of the three clusters were awarded grant money ranging from $20,000 to $75,000.
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The Good News Update
By Evangelist Dr. Valeria Eloby-Slade, Columnist 
During the 50th Quadrennial Session of the General Conference, the aforementioned legislation was written to become “Item G,” under the Department of Church Growth and Development, as well as under the Division of Worship and Evangelism for this department. In honor of Bishop Sarah Francis Davis transitioning before this legislation was ever submitted, the team—under the leadership of the Rev. Dorisalene Y. Hughes; the Rev. James C. Wade, Executive Director of the Department of Church Growth and Development; and Bishop E. Earl McCloud, Jr., the Commission Chairperson—unanimously agreed to name this legislation using Bishop Sarah’s full name. Read More Here |
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Department of Research and Scholarship’s Terminal Degree/Speaker’s Bureau Database
By Dr. Teresa Fry Brown, Executive Director, AME Church Department of Research and Scholarship 
The AME Church’s Department of Research and Scholarship is in the process of updating their database of AMEs holding terminal degrees, e.g., PhD, PsyD, EdD, DMin, DSW, DSM, and MD for inclusion as members of either the Adams Coleman Williams Distinguished Scholars Guild or the Tolbert-Young Practical Theology Doctor of Ministry Consortium and Department’s Speaker’s Bureau. If you have completed your work within the last three years (2018-2021), please forward your name, full degree title, granting institution, date of graduation, and the topic or title of your thesis or dissertation to amechistoryinthemaking@yahoo.com by May 30, 2021. Congratulations on the fruition of your time investment and hard work. |
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Climate Justice: Hunger and HopeBy Rev. Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith  Sitting on the ancestral grounds of the Nez Perce Tribe and after 144 years of faithful ministry to its community, Wallowa United Methodist Church was returned to the Nimiipuu in a ceremony of friendship, celebration and repentance on Thursday.The Oregon-Idaho Conference of The United Methodist Church handed over the keys to the church building and deed to the property in a ceremony that honored the friendship that exists between the church and Nez Perce community, while the church also laments the role it once played in colonizing indigenous people and their land. Read more here |
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 | | Click to watch the video for Starr L. Battle for Connectional Lay Organization President |
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 | | Click to watch the video of Jerry Turner for 2nd Vice President of the Connectional Lay Organization |
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 | | Click to watch the video for Pat H. Wright for Connectional Director of Lay Activities |
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 | | Click to watch the video for Diane H. Battle for CLO Director of Public Relations |
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