The Triumphant 20th Episcopal District Flourishes with Bishop Frederick A. Wright, Sr.
The 20th Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church continues to be overwhelmingly blessed as the hands of God and the godly leadership of Bishop Frederick A. Wright, Sr. reached out and touched the five nations heserves Malawi, Zimbabwe, the northern portion of Mozambique, Tanzania, and Uganda, at a time when COVID-19 was still impacting the world.
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Can God Save America?
By George Anthony Pratt, Contributing Writer
A Facebook post from an African American and Methodist pastor read, “I really mean this. May God Bless America! We need God, BAD!” I paused at the declaration of God extending benevolence to America and the profession of the country in desperate need of God. With suspicion, I questioned if a just God would intervene in human affairs on behalf of America. Would a God of love, equity, and inclusion pour bounty into the “land of the free” or allow the “home of the brave” to implode? When considering the present historical moment characterized by the conflict of culture wars steeped in othering embodied by forms of anti-blackness, misogyny, queerphobia, and economic oppression relative to the nation’s past, an answer to my line of inquiry became clear. My question then shifted, probing if God can save America.
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Proud Boys Ordered To Pay More Than $1 Million for Racially-Motivated Attack on Historically Black Church
On July 1, a judge ordered the Proud Boys and several of its leaders to pay more than $1 million for a racially-motivated attack on the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in December 2020. The Superior Court for the District of Columbia held that the defendants engaged in an unlawful conspiracy and violated federal and state civil rights laws, including the Ku Klux Klan Act and the D.C. hate crimes statute. During the attack, members of the Proud Boys trespassed onto the 185-year-old Black church and destroyed a large Black Lives Matter sign. |
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Quinn Chapel AME Church Erects Historical Marker
 The Captain Charles Barham Chapter of the National Colonial Dames XVII Century recognized Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Paris, Tennessee, for 156 years of service of worship, justice, and liberation. The Colonial Dames XVII Century announced this was the first African American Church in the state of Tennessee and the United States of America. Read More Here |
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Are We Yet Alive! The 111th Session of the Jamaica Annual Conference
By Joan Phillips-Bennett, YPD Director, 16th Episcopal District
 Lift up your heads, oh ye gates, and the King of Glory shall come in! Glory and praise to Almighty God for a successful Conference! April 19 - 23, 2023, proved to be a rekindling of the Jamaica Annual Conference. This year marked the 111th Session of the Jamaica Annual Conference under the leadership of Bishop Marvin Clyde Zanders, II, and Supervisor Winifred Houston Zanders. With hearts open, we stood in total expectancy for God to move us through each session. We pushed through the REEF (Rejuvenating Everything and Eliminating Fear) and focused on the Promises of God.
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Philadelphia Pastor, the Rev. Albert Johnson, Preaches a Stirring Eulogy for His Mom
By Sister Angelena Spears, Philadelphia Conference Reporter
 It was unquestionably the hardest task that the Rev. Albert Johnson, pastor of Mt. Tabor African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, had ever faced. On Tuesday, June 20, 2023, he stood in the pulpit of his church in front of family, church family, ministry colleagues, and friends – and eulogized his mom, Mrs. Doris H. Johnson.
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June Edition of The Christian Recorder |
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 | | Watch our TCR Dialogue with Rev. Dr. Dale B. Snyder discussing the reparations for Bethel AME Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
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| Election results from the 20th Quadrennial of the Women's Missionary Society. |
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AUGUST IS CLERGY & CLERGY FAMILY WELLNESS MONTH
Participate in Lifestyle Medicine -Affordable & Accessible
 Participate in Lifestyle Medicine -Affordable & Accessible
1. Healthy Food & Beverage Choices – The World Health Organization, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association, and American College of Lifestyle Medicine recommend meals full of vegetables, whole grains, fiber, and fruit to help fight and prevent disease (Daniel 1:1-21) and smaller portions of meat. *Enroll in Culinary RX-AME www.AMEChealth.org
2. Daily Physical Activity – Daily movement, walking, dancing, stretching, sports, bowling, jump rope, swimming, and exercise promotes health and healing for the body and brain (Psalm 150)
3. Stress Management – helps to reduce anxiety and depression, and boost the immune system (Psalm 91 & Philippians 4: 4-9)
4. Avoid and/or reduce Alcohol and Stop Smoking ( 3 John 2-4)
5. Laughter is Good Medicine - have fun with family and friends - participate in positive activities that promote joy and peace of mind (Proverbs 17:22)
6. Sleep and Rest –A good night’s sleep is restorative, and time for your entire body to heal, repair, and restore. (Psalm 4:8)
7. Faith and Prayer – nurture your personal relationship with God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, and your family (Psalm 91)
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The Supreme Court’s colorblindness
It's a different colorblindness than the one envisioned in King's 'Dream' speech.
By Cheryl Townsend Gilkes
 The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to reject the race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina comes in a year of 60th anniversaries in American civil rights history. Martin Luther King’s letter from the Birmingham jail, the assassination of NAACP Field Secretary Medger Evers in Mississippi, the Detroit “Walk to Freedom” march organized by the Rev. C. L. Franklin and, tragically, the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, also in Birmingham, all took place in 1963, as did the assassination of the pro-civil rights president John F. Kennedy. Read More Here |
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