Biden’s State of the Union Address Affirms What We Already Know: His Progressive Agenda is OverQuardricos Driskell, Columnist  President Biden came to Capitol Hill on the 404 th day of his presidency, during perhaps the most pivotal moment of his short tenure to deliver the State of the Union address. According to a Washington Post-ABC News poll, President Biden’s presidential approval rating is at a new low, with 37 percent saying they approve of the job he is doing and 55 percent saying they disapprove. Inflation is at its zenith in four decades and shows few signs of receding. |
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Rev. Dr. Emilgail Dill Appointed to the Senate of Bermuda and Junior Minister of National Security of Transport
 On February 16, 2022, Rev. Dr. Emilygail Dill was appointed to serve as a Senator in Bermuda and as the Junior Minister of National Security and Transport. Rev. Dr. Dill was educated at The Berkeley Institute and Sandys Secondary School. Her Bachelor of Arts was in English and Secondary Education from the esteemed Spelman College in Atlanta, with a minor in Music and Theater. She later obtained her Master of Divinity from the Interdenominational Theology Center in Atlanta with a concentration in Leadership Development and Pastoral Counseling. Senator Rev. Dr. Dill completed her doctorate in Leadership Development and Organization Dynamics from the United-Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, and her Human Resources Director Certification from Cornell University.
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Worship – Why and How
John Wm. Roberts, ED.D., Contributing Writer
 In February, I had the opportunity to make a presentation entitled Music in The African American Church to the congregation of Waterloo First United Methodist Church, Waterloo, Iowa, where I now reside. As the presentation progressed, it became a presentation focused on why and how we worship. I asked the question, “Why have we become, in many instances, so constrained in the way we worship God? Are we worried about what someone will say if we shed a tear when a song brings a memory to mind? Are we worried what the reaction will be if we say ‘Amen’ or clap our hands or stand on our feet in affirmation of God’s worship music or message?” For many, the answer to these questions is “Yes.” |
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17th Episcopal District Sons of Allen Elects New Officers
By Rev. Royd Mwandu, 17th District Field Representative  The Sons of Allen (SOA), Men in Ministry of the 17th Episcopal District, held its elective convention with the South West Zambia Conference-Copperbelt East District and Presiding Elder Amigo Mwansa as hosts. The host church was Mother Hughes AME Church Ndola under the leadership of Pastor Winford Chabala. The two-day convention was opened by Bishop David Rwhynica Daniels Jr.’s Administrative Assistant, the Rev. Margaret Nkana Mwanza, on Friday, February 25, 2022. Read More Here |
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Arrival of Bishop Silvester Scott Beaman in South Africa
By Maggie Grootboom-DeBruyn, 15th Episcopal District Field Representative
The 139th elected and consecrated Bishop of the 15th District, Bishop Silvester Scott Beaman, arrived on the morning of 7th February 2022 at 08h20 at Cape Town International Airport and was warmly received by the Cape Annual Conference and the Boland Annual Conference presiding elders, clergy, and laity. The Bishop had an eventful day scheduled with the clergy before the Thanksgiving Service organised by clergy. The service was scheduled at 6.00 p.m. SAST at the first church in the 15th District, Bethel Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church, Hendal in Cape Town. Read More Here |
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Modulasetulo (The Chairman), Living with a Disability
By Rev. Mmakgabo G Sepoloane, Contributing Writer
 Besides being the leader of his church, the Reverend Bantekile Jacob Sehau does not head any other components in the church. Yet, among most of us clergy in the MM Mokone Memorial Annual Conference of the 19th Episcopal District, he is affectionately referred to as /Modulasetulo/ (Chairman) – a moniker that often leaves many an uninformed observer in shock. Sehau is thus nicknamed because he is wheelchair-bound following a workplace accident in March 2011 that saw his legs crushed and led to amputation above the knees. Read More Here |
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Third District YPDer Nia Killins is a National Association of Home Builders Residential Construction Management Competition Winner! By Amber Tillman, 3rd Episcopal District
 Third District YPDer Nia Killins is a member of Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Forest Park, Ohio, where the Rev. Dr. Jermaine D. Covington serves as her pastor in the Ohio South Ohio Conference. She is the daughter of Robert and Elodie Killins. Nia is a Construction Science and Management Student at Tuskegee University and recently competed in the National Builders Home/Science Competition in Orlando, Florida.
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General Conference Commission Visits Cininnati to Launch Preparations for 2024 General Conference
 On March 16, 2022, a delegation from the AME Church General Conference Commission visited Cinncinnati, Ohio to begin prepartions for the 2024 General Conference. Hosted by the Duke Energy Convention Center and Visit Cincy, the delegation met with local political and business leaders and toured the facility.The delegation included Senior Bishop Adam J. Richardson, Jr., Bishop E. Earl McCloud, Jr., Bishop Clement W. Fugh, General Secretary/CIO Dr. Jeffery B. Cooper, Sr. and Treasurer/CFO Mr. Marcus T. Henderson, Sr. Clergy and lay leaders from the Third Episcopal District also were present in their capacity as the host District. Read More Here |
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Connectional Day of Prayer: Power Belongs To God
Paulette Coleman, Ph.D., Retired General Officer
 At a very early age, we learned the bedtime prayer: Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. AMEN From there, we graduated to the Lord’s Prayer. As we grew and matured in our faith, the importance of prayer in our lives intensified. For many, prayer was a source of solace and comfort. For some, it was a joyful opportunity to celebrate the goodness of an amazing God. For others of us, prayer was rejected and abandoned as useless. With these various attitudes towards prayer, let us briefly examine prayer. Read More Here |
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Connectional Day of Prayer: Power Belongs To God
Rev. Gregory C. Nettles, 12th Episcopal District
 “But we have this treasure in clay jars so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.” 2 Corinthians 4:7 (NRSV) In their book We Have This Ministry-The Heart of the Pastor’s Vocation, Samuel D. Proctor and Gardner C. Taylor write about the importance of the pastor as an intercessor. One of the scriptures the Rev. Dr. Samuel Proctor uses is 2 Corinthians 4:7: Rejoice in the Lord always, again I will say, Rejoice.
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Lent Calls Us to Prayer, Fasting, Sacrifice, and Justice
 Around 479 B.C., Esther, a teenage Hebrew girl—who later became the Queen of the Persia—called her Hebrew community to prayer and fasting. Following this, she called on her government to do no harm to her community, knowing that this action could lead to her own demise. Esther’s call reminds us of our ongoing duty to pray and fast for justice. In 1960, South Africans called on their government to abolish pass laws requiring black South Africans over the age of 16 to carry a pass book at all times. Sixty-nine of them were killed, and more than 180 were wounded by the police in the Black township of Sharpeville, including some 50 women and children. Read More Here |
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