13th Episcopal District Establishes Chaplain Spiritual Care Team
Rev. Dr. Benita Livingston, 13th Episcopal District
 The 13th Episcopal District, under the leadership of Bishop E. Anne Henning Byfield and Supervisor Ainsley Byfield, held its Mid-Year Convocation on March 24-26, 2022, at St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church in Memphis, Tennessee. One of the highlights of this meeting was the presentation given by the Rev. Dr. G. Dianne Lewis, Chief of Chaplains at the Charlie Norwood Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, and the Connectional President of the Henry McNeal Turner Chaplains Association. Dr. Lewis’ presentation entitled “Overcoming Stress, Depression, and Frustrations” was to clergy only. It was an opportunity for clergy self-examination to identify signs of burnout, opportunities to practice better self-care, and engage in a lively question and answer session. Read More Here |
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AME Pastor Honored as Georgia Mayor of the Year  Fayetteville Mayor Edward Johnson received the Mayor of the Year Award during the Georgia Minority Business Awards dinner held recently at the Georgia International Convention Center. The 24th annual event, hosted by Atlanta Business Journal, honors minority businesses and entrepreneurs from around Georgia who are making an impact within their respective business communities. Read More Here |
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God is not through with me yeat
By Dr. Maxine L. Thomas, Columnist
 Beloved, God is not through with you yet. He is still molding you and shaping you into what he would have you to be. So do not think that you have already arrived. Yes, you are saved. Yes, you are sanctified. Don’t walk that way no more! Don’t talk that way no more! A songwriter said, What a wonderful change has come over my life since Jesus came into my heart. Read More Here |
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The Women’s Missionary Society of the Botswana Annual Conference celebrates WMS Day of Service
By Potlako Molomo, Contributing Writer
It was all smiles behind the masks, well wishes, praising God, and catching up as the Women’s Missionary Society (WMS) of the Botswana Annual Conference reminisced on the blessed hymn of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, “And are we yet alive” as they met to celebrate the 2022 WMS Day of Service.
This event is one of the highlights of the WMS calendar and is celebrated annually on the first Saturday of March on a rotational basis in our four areas of the conference. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the WMS did a mini celebration in 2021 with very limited attendance, as opposed to the customary representation from the entire annual conference. Therefore, it was a breath of fresh air and reason to give thanks unto the Lord from whom all blessings flow when the mothers of the church converged again in person on 6th March 2022 to execute their mandate of the ministry in giving at Malokaganyane AME Church.
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Moments in Black History were in my house and in my neighborhood
By James B. Ewers, Jr., Ed.D., Columnist
Black History was in my neighborhood in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Men and women who looked like me were successful and were role models for us. However, I suspect that we may not have realized its importance because we saw it every day. Competent and compassionate people were on my block, and even with their success, they always had time for us. They inspired us so that we could have aspirations.
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Lessons I learned from a Green Thumb
Robbie Colson-Ramsey, Contributing Writer
If you have read any of my other articles, you might know that I started a new hobby during the pandemic, being a plant mom. When I was a child, my weekly task was to go to the front pouch and water the plants. I vividly remember my mother shouting throughout the house, “Robbie, pay attention, don’t kill my plants by giving them too much water.” Read More Here |
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The Truth is the Light
Dr. Charles R. Watkins, Columnist
The truth of the matter is, many of us don’t even consider the dangers of snakebite until it happens. Think about it, we often work in dangerous territory without a weapon for defense. It is not until the snake bites that we are concerned about a cure. At that point we are frantic!
The text occurs during a time when Moses dealt with snakes while trying to find safe passage from the Red Sea to the Promised Land. The journey was so tough that folk started complaining. Mind you, these were the same people who a short time ago had witnessed God parting the Red Sea to save them from Pharaoh’s army. The same people, I might add, who had been in bondage for over 400 years before being set free.
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Council of Bishops Statement on the Buffalo Tops Supermarket Shooting
 The Council of Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church stands in solidarity with the families of the Buffalo 10 and the grieving community as we raise your lament and demand justice. We are outraged. We are grieved. As we move out of Easter, into the Ascension, and onward to Pentecost, we will not continue to be snuffed out in silence. Things must change
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AME Church Publishing House Dedication |
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Good Friday, the Great Resurrection, and Surprising Hope in Ukraine and Ethiopia
 During this year’s transitional season of Lent to Good Friday and then to the Great Resurrection, we still witness the many vivid images of violent death and the daily announcements awfulness of missing persons. The daily images of Ukrainian peoples affected by the conflict that breeds this continue to haunt us. Ethiopian people, especially in Tigray, and people in places like Yemen, Nigeria, and South Sudan also experience conflict, and hunger is a result. Read More Here |
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Job Announcement
 William J. Abraham Chair in Wesleyan Studies
Associate Professor or Professor (tenure-track or tenured) or Clinical Associate or Full Professor
Candidates must possess an earned research doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D., in the appropriate field of study with preference for those also holding the M.Div. Teaching and research experience required and ministry experience strongly preferred. Candidates will be asked to submit a letter of interest (cover letter), a curriculum vitae, and academic transcripts through Interfolio. Candidates may subsequently be asked to provide three letters of reference, a philosophy of teaching statement, and written responses to specific questions. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, but to ensure full consideration, a completed application must be received by July 1, 2022.
Interested candidates seeking a tenure-track or tenured position may apply for the position at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor: http://apply.interfolio.com/105794
Interested candidates who have extensive ministry experience but are not seeking a tenure-track or tenured position may apply for the position at the rank of Clinical Associate Professor or Clinical Professor: http://apply.interfolio.com/106375
Only one application is necessary.
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