Philadelphia-Area Pastor Is Recognized for Her Work in the Community By Angelena Spears
 It’s hard to believe that the Rev. Carolyn Cavaness is just 39 years old – considering all that she has accomplished in her ministry. For the past eight years she has served as the pastor of Bethel AME Church in Ardmore, PA – and her work to push ministry beyond the walls of the church have not gone unnoticed, as she has been spotlighted in multiple publications throughout the region. Most recently, this summer, First Read (a daily newsletter for PA) named her to its Pennsylvania City and State Forty Under 40 list and profiled her as one of 40 trendsetters who stand out for their leadership and “common drive to improve fellow Pennsylvanians’ lives through their words and deeds.” |
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Rev. Delman Howard Retires
We congratulate the Rev. Delman Howard on his retirement from pastoral duties from the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. He has served as an Itinerate Elder in the AME for 41 years. At the approval of the 98th Session of the Southern California Annual Conference from October 19-23, 2022, Rev. Howard will move to superannuated status. Pastor Delman Howard was born and educated in Elgin, Illinois. He graduated from Elgin High School, where he was an outstanding athlete. Read More Here |
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On Preaching and the Call to Ministry
Rev. Jason D. Thompson, PhD, Contributing Writer
Sermons incite emotions. They arouse, encourage, and even inspire. Sermons stimulate, entertain, and often excite us. If we are honest, sometimes sermons bore us! But, more than anything, sermons should challenge, disturb, and dare us to do something different and be better than before. In an email exchange, Bishop Adam J. Richardson offered the following thoughts about the distinctions between style and substance in preaching: (1) the most effective sermons can have both style and substance; (2) most preachers ascribe to the old adage that “good meat makes its own gravy.” (3) whooping is not a requirement, but fervor always has been and still is. An essential question most listeners ask of a preacher while listening to a sermon is this: “Do YOU believe what YOU just said?”
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Running On Empty
Rev. Dr. Alfonso Wyatt, Columnist
 Most cars have a feature that will let the driver know when fuel is running out. For some people, it is a sign to get gas at once. For the more mathematically astute, it is an opportunity to calculate how many more miles they can travel before running out of gas. I remember my shock driving to an appointment and not noticing my low-fuel indicator light was on. I was in heavy traffic and faced the real possibility of running out of gas. At this point, all I could focus on was getting off the bridge and finding a gas station as I wondered how long I had been running on empty. Read More Here |
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Historic Mount Vernon AME Church Receives Preservation Grant
By Jason Jones, Palestine Herald 
The Mount Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church Restoration Project received word Thursday that the board of directors of Preservation Texas had voted to approve a $75,000 matching funds grant to be used for structural repairs and a new roof for the historic building. The Mt. Vernon AME Church Project Restoration Administrator Tabitha Enge was more than excited over the news. “I am so excited,” Enge said. “This grant is absolutely going to save this building.” Organized by freedmen in the 1870s as a church and school, Mount Vernon AME is the third oldest congregation of its kind in Texas and the city’s oldest African American church. Though the building closed in 2014, Mount Vernon still has a congregation of roughly 300 members. Read More Here |
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Justin Powell & Adoration Debut
 On October 20, 2018, Rev. Justin Powell recorded his first full length project entitled "The Evolution" with his awesome singing group Adoration, affectionately known as "JPA". Justin Powell & Adoration debuted in August of 2017 and has been blessed to further their ministry with this full body of music. 'The Evolution' features some of the east coast's best gifts in singing and writing.
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Deaconess Opal Lee, the “Grandmother” of Juneteenth visits St. John AME Church
Barbara Johnson, Ninth Episcopal District
The Joy of Juneteenth
Sunday, August 28, 2022, was Deaconess Opal Lee Day at St. John AME. Dr. Lee, known as the “Grandmother” of Juneteenth was in Huntsville for a speaking engagement at the University of Alabama, Huntsville Campus. As her team planned her trip, one thing became very apparent, on Sunday she wanted to attend a service at the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. Lee had met Pastor Wright and the delegation from St. John in Atlanta at the Christian Education Congress in July. She hinted at the time, that she would be visiting Huntsville and would visit St. John.
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September Edition of The Christian Recorder |
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Western Jurisdiction Elects Hispanic Clergywoman, Married Gay Clergyman as Bishops
After days of struggling with an enormous class of candidates intended to model a racial-ethnic-gender inclusive church – and still coming up against allegations of racism in the election process – delegates to the Western Jurisdiction Conference elected a Hispanic clergywoman and an openly gay married pastor as the last two of their three allotted bishops Nov. 4.
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World Food Day and the Mutual and Honorable Life of Love
By Rev. Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith
 The Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. still remembers clearly the moment as a teenager he thought he was going to die. Parker was 16 years old, visiting family in Mississippi, when he woke in the early morning hours to the sound of voices in the house. Moments later, the door to his bedroom opened and a man pointed a flashlight and a pistol in his face.
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