I’m Not The Worship Leader! I’m The Chaplain!
Rev. Tashara S. Void, Contributing Writer
 The role of the chaplain is often misconstrued and misused. A quick search in the 2021 Doctrine and Discipline of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC) reveals how misunderstood their role is. Across organizations, chaplains are reduced to devotional periods, Bible studies, and leading worship experiences. A couple of organizations expand the role further, including programming and offering spiritual guidance to the organization. Read More Here |
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A Church Problem
By Quardricos Driskell
There is one universal problem with the church, especially among rural, historical, and smaller churches – they are youthless. The secretary-general, the Rev. Professor Jerry Pillay of the World Council of Churches (WCC), echoed this sentiment during his visit to the United States. The World Council of Churches is a global ecumenical body of churches. The WCC is a worldwide Christian inter-church organization founded in 1948 to work for the cause of ecumenism.
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Hate And Racism Have Struck Again. This Time, It Was in Jacksonville Florida
By James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D.
Hate is traveling around America. It does not discriminate regarding city, time or location. Its venomous head shows up and people are killed. The tragedy is that citizens are assaulted simply because they are Black. I am Black and I know that when I am in some stores there are people who don’t want me there. Not wanting me there because I am Black but killing me there because I am Black leaves me sick and sad.
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The Duty of Care, Loyalty and Obedience Required of All Board Members
Cynthia Gordon-Floyd, C.P.A., C.F.E., Contributing Writer
 Our book of Doctrine and Discipline outlines the general roles and responsibilities of the established “Boards” within our denomination structure. It is important to note that the role of any board in a nonprofit organization is critical to the management, oversight, governance, and effectiveness of the organization. We have “Boards” with varying degrees of responsibility throughout our Zion from the local church Stewards, Trustees, Stewardesses, etc. to the Connectional level General Board and AME, Inc.’s Board of Trustees. All these boards have the same general responsibilities to the organization it directly serves: the duty of care, the duty of loyalty, and the duty of obedience. |
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Juneteenth Celebration at North Stelton AME Church in Piscataway, New Jersey
 Pastor Eric R. Billips, Sr., and the North Stelton African Methodist Episcopal Church made history on Saturday, June 17, and Sunday, June 18, 2023, when they hosted their first Juneteenth celebration, entitled “Juneteenth Freedom Festival” on the grounds of North Stelton, located at 123 Craig Avenue in Piscataway, New Jersey. The Juneteenth Freedom Festival was birthed when Pastor Eric and Assistant Pastor Myra Billips decided they wanted to host an event to bring the community of all ages together to celebrate, educate, and advocate for the freedom of all individuals.
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The Truth is the Light
By Reverend Dr. Charles R. Watkins, Jr., Columnist
Based on Biblical Text: Deuteronomy 26:10 (KJV)
“And now, behold, I have brought the first fruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:” In order to be grateful for anything it is necessary that we place value on what we have received. When we are full we may not place the same value on a meal as we would starving. Full and satisfied the meal represents an enjoyable intermission, while starving the meal could very well represent a lifeline. In other words, the value we place on our blessings is determined by our presumed need. If we don’t need it, it isn’t worth much to us.
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August Edition of The Christian Recorder |
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Wilberforce University's New VP of Development
Wilberforce University announces alumnus Steven Miller as the newly appointed Vice President For Development. In this role, Mr. Miller will provide executive leadership in development and institutional advancement. His responsibilities will include developing objectives and strategies in fundraising, major gifts and gift planning, foundation and corporate relations, annual giving, communications and marketing, alumni and constituent relations, public relations, and capital campaigns.
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PHEN Partners with The International Health Commission of the AME Church
to Expand free Prostate Cancer Educational Resources and Support
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
The International Health Commission of the AME Church, and the Prostate Health Education Network (PHEN) are partnering to expand free prostate cancer educational resources and support to AME churches. The partnership agreement was signed in July, 2023, by Bishop Francine Brookins, Chair of the Health Commission, Rev. Dr. Natalie Mitchem, RDN, Executive Director of the Health Commission, Rev. Miriam Burnett, MD, Medical Director of the Health Commission, and PHEN President Thomas Farrington, includes the introduction of a new online portal link.
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Global Methodist Church’s Convening General Conference Set for San Jose, Costa Rica
 The Global Methodist Church’s Transitional Leadership Council has announced that the new denomination’s convening General Conference will be held in San Jose, Costa Rica, September 20 – 26, 2024. Launched on May 1, 2022, with just 24 local churches in Bulgaria, the GM Church has rapidly grown to 3,800 congregations world-wide. “It has been an incredible journey to reach this point,” said the Rev. Keith Boyette, the GM Church’s Chief Connectional Officer.
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A Blessed Assurance: The Continuing Education of Church School
Rev. Corwin Malcolm Davis, AMEC Publishing House
 I am a third-generation preacher, a seminary graduate, and a burgeoning theological educator, and I remain astounded at what I learn in Church School. The provided lessons shared through Liberating Faith Studies are rich and generative material, and they are only the kindling. What invigorates the lessons are the sundry stories and interpretations of those who gather to engage them. There are subject points that require exegesis and analysis, and then there are points that require experience and wisdom. And for those lessons that one cannot learn in a classroom or a seminar, there is always the Church School space wherein those who have lived through something can encourage the others in their midst and where those who are going through can share and be heard.
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I Did Not Graduate from Church School
By Bishop Adam Jefferson Richardson, Jr., Senior Bishop
I have lived to be an aged man, but I resist the thought of being beyond my capacity to receive incoming information, of gaining new perspectives on familiar texts, to seeing new insights from the Word that connect the dots to my contemporary circumstance. I join the faithful group of Bible “scholars” nearly every week and sit under the teaching of whoever has been given the assignment and opportunity to share witness and insight into the International Sunday School lesson on any given day, dubbed as “Liberating Faith Studies.” There is always something fresh to ponder. It is the ancient book that never gets old.
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