Chicago Street Renamed in Honor of Presiding Elder Albert D. Tyson, III On August 14, 2021, scores of people gathered on the front lawn of St. Stephen African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church to commemorate the legacy of Presiding Elder Albert D. Tyson, III through the ceremonial renaming of a section of West Washington Boulevard as “Presiding Elder Albert D. Tyson III Way.” Tyson, pastor of St. Stephen from 1985-2011 and a well-respected Chicago community activist, died in 2019. At his death, he served as the presiding elder of the North District of the Chicago Annual Conference and the president of the Connectional Presiding Elders Council. Originally planned for 2020, the ceremony was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic but allowed to proceed after restrictions on public gatherings were relaxed.
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Thankful and Grateful
By Byron L. Washington, Columnist 
The first time I heard the statement "Happy New Month" here in Nigeria, I was confused. It was October 2019, nothing new, just another month. Then I heard it the following month, and I realized that people said that every month. Now, I cannot say that this is for all of Nigeria, but I hear it at the beginning of every new month in the area that I live. As we enter the later part of 2021 with so much happening globally, we should consider a few things. First, saying "Happy New Month" shows respect for the fact that life can be unexpected and fleeting like a "vapor."
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You, God, and the New Normal
The Rev. Dr. Melinda Contreras Byrd, Contributing Writer
Well, folks—what we never imagined—happened. What we thought would be over—is not. The lives we used to live—we can no longer live. In so many important ways, everything has changed. However, I intend these fearful truths that follow to be a realistic foundation for offering you health, hope, and a new spiritual, mental and physical life. James 4:7 teaches that if you “resist the devil, he will flee from you.” The problem is that many of us don’t resist the devil because we are either unaware of his presence or too frightened to admit what we see!
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Keeping Clergy Safe
By The Rev. Renita Green, Columnist 
My good friend caught COVID-19 last month. He is vaccinated, working from home, and wears a mask when he rarely leaves the house. Another friend of mine was a healthy man in his late forties before COVID-19 attacked his lungs. He is now on oxygen 24-hours-a-day and awaiting a double lung transplant. He, too, considered himself to be cautious. It seems like it is only a matter of time before most of us get sick. The way this virus attacks the body is a crapshoot. No one knows how his or her body will react.
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Opening Pandora’s Box: Larry Elder & the Fight for Reparations
By D’Weston Haywood, PhD, Columnist
 Larry Elder, the conservative author, radio show host, and gubernatorial candidate in California’s recent recall election, made statements recently that were certain to attract publicity to his campaign. Elder, who bills himself, the “Sage From South Central,” appeared on the right-wing Candace Owens Show, hosted by Candace Owens. The meeting marked a novel moment, perhaps, as the two represent the new cadre of modern Black conservatives, who wield wide social media influence and have now emerged from or been reinvigorated by Trumpism. And it was on her show that Owens happily provided Elder the space to wax poetic, hammering a point that may have opened a proverbial Pandora’s Box.
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The Truth is the Light
By Rev. Dr. Charles R. Watkins, Jr., Senior Columnist  Proverbs 29:18a says, “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” I am compelled to remind our leadership that there is surely a price to pay. The question for us all is simply, are we willing to pay it? We can agree that we are indeed on the verge of a breakthrough! God is doing a wonderful work in our church. We have made so many gains. We have overcome so many obstacles. However, there is still much to do and quite a way to go.
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Many in First District Meet New Bishop During Virtual Christian Education Congress
By Angelena Spears, 1st Episcopal District 
A highlight for Christian Education in the First Episcopal District is the Rev. Dr. Earl L. Jefferson Christian Education Congress, held in July. This year’s virtual meeting was extra special because it included an opportunity to meet the newly appointed bishop, the Rt. Rev. Julius H. McAllister, Sr. (129th), and his wife, Episcopal Supervisor Joan Marla McAllister. According to the Rev. Carolyn Cavaness, over 1000 persons logged on to the two-day conference, which was accessible through Zoom and Facebook. Read More Here |
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Investiture Information for Bishop Anne Henning Byfield |
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Statement on the Matter of Rev. Ratona Stokes-Robinson
Connectional AME Women in Ministry, has been made aware that a woman in ministry, because of her gender, has been locked out of her church and prohibited from proclaiming God's word from the pulpit since June 20, 2021. As we celebrate a woman as President of the Bishops’ Council, a woman as President of the General Officers Council, a woman as President of the Presiding Elders’ Council, and an all-woman Executive Board of the National Council of Churches (USA), we are greatly distressed to hear of women in ministry concurrently being oppressed by systematic strongholds and discriminatory behavior.
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Connectional AME WIM Off to A Roaring Start
 With over 600 participants in attendance, the first post-General Conference Connectional AME Church Women in Ministry (AMEWIM) General Membership Meeting convened on Saturday, September 11, 2021, by our second term president, the Rev. Dr. Erika D. Crawford, DMin. Due to ongoing safety concerns related to the ongoing coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting was held virtually. AMEWIM General Membership Meetings will be held on quarterly (12/11/21, 3/12/22, and 6/11/22). Read More Here |
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Updates on AMEC International Health Commission Partnerships with Alzheimer's Association and Farm and Garden Initiative
 The African Methodist Episcopal Church International Health Commission (AME IHC) has moved into the new quadrennium with the expansion of and the development of new activities, events, programs, and planning at all levels of the Connection. Based on recommendations from our most globally attended Quadrennial Training and Meeting (June 2021), we have moved our monthly meetings to the fourth Saturday and have included a time for ongoing training at the opening of each meeting.
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Local Agreement Strengthens Minority Student Participation in STEM at Wilberforce University
 A world-class provider of Information Technology (IT) and data management services and the nation’s first, private Historically Black College and University (HBCU) have strengthened a strategic partnership. CompTech Computer Technologies and Wilberforce University (Greene County, Ohio) will now collaborate to increase the presence of underserved youth participation in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). In a recently signed document, the university and the company agreed that CompTech will provide a total of $50,000 in educational programs and professionally crafted internships to Wilberforce University STEM instructors and students enrolled in STEM curriculum. Read More Here |
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The Connectional Lay Organization (CLO) President Makiti Unveils Vision for the Next Four Years
 A month after Matikane Abednego Makiti’s historic election as the first-ever African President of the Connectional Lay Organization (CLO), he moved expeditiously to unveil his vision at the CLO’s first Executive Board Meeting, held on Saturday, 21 August 2021. The vision will guide and direct the CLO for the next four years and is premised on the overall mission and vision of the Lay Organization, which is to teach, train and provide greater leadership opportunities for the lay members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. In his opening statement, Makiti emphasized that the CLO should strive to meet the needs and aspirations of the Church’s laypersons, including all auxiliaries, because they are the CLO’s most important stakeholders. Read More Here |
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President/Dean of Turner Theological Seminary – Atlanta, Georgia
Turner Theological Seminary (www.turnerseminary.com), a consortium member of the Interdenominational Theological Center (www.itc.edu), is accepting nominations and applications for the position of President/Dean. The President/Dean of Turner Theological Seminary (TTS) serves as the Chief Executive Officer, is the primary liaison between the Board of Trustees, faculty, students, administration, and alumni and is responsible for executing a strategic plan in alignment with the mission of the Seminary. The next TTS President must be an innovative and strategic leader capitalizing on the Seminary’s accomplishments since its founding. Beginning in 1894, Turner Theological Seminary remains committed to its motto “For a Prepared Ministry,” and delivers the vision to be “an institution for the preparation of young men and women for every department of Christian work.” TTS Graduates can be found in all areas of leadership within the church, colleges and seminaries as well as civic and political roles.
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AME University Dean of Bryant College of Theology– Monrovia, Liberia
The African Methodist Episcopal University in fostering its mission is looking for an innovative, vibrant, and progressive “personnel” with the vision, to work with the Bryant Theological Seminary in leading the institution as it continues to accelerate in becoming a premier tertiary institution in Liberia. Applications will be accepted until November 18, 2021.
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White Christian progressives can be nationalists too, ecumenical panel says While evangelicals are the group most often criticized for equating American identity with adherence to Christianity, white progressive Christians have work to do to address their own Christian nationalism, experts said at an ecumenical gathering this week.
“It’s very easy to look at (Donald) Trump, to look at Trump’s followers, to look at Jan. 6 and say, ‘This is white nationalism. This is bad,’” Miguel De La Torre, professor of social ethics and Latinx studies at Iliff School of Theology, said during the Christian Unity Gathering of the National Council of Churches on Tuesday (Oct. 12). “Liberal Christians are just as complicit with white nationalism that the Trumpites were that we saw on Jan. 6.”
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The 32nd Annual NGO Conference - Virtual
Shawn M. Ross, WMS-AMEC NGO Commissioner and UN Representative
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