Wayman Temple AME Church, Jacksonville, Florida Pays Mortgage. After an unsuccessful run to become the next Executive Director of Retirement Services for the AME church, one may wonder what Pastor Mark L. Griffin would do next. The answer is simple—continue to provide leadership to Wayman Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church and the broader Jacksonville, Florida community. And Read More…
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Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter When the Word Becomes Incarnate: The Power of the Voice. When the Word Becomes Incarnate: The Power of the Voice By J. Jioni Palmer, Contributing Writer Black. Lives. Matter. Three. Simple. Words. Alone they are inanimate. Just words on the page. Without context, definition, relevance, or meaning. Kind of like—White. Deaths. Unimportant. Read More…
The Gantt Report By Lucius Gantt
The Gantt Report By Lucius Gantt I’ve been writing editorial and opinion columns for most of my life. My writing longevity has endured because I’m smart enough to know to stay away from writing about “hair” and “religion”. Well, today I’ll try to give readers an impartial view on Christianity, Islam and Black people. First, Read More…
AME ON FIRE: don’ let us drown
AME ON FIRE: don’ let us drown As we enter into the second half of the year it is a good time to do a quick evaluation. Most people have started to return to a level of normal and Covid restrictions have been lifted or reduced in many areas. That being said, I want to Read More…
AME CHURCH RECORDER
AME CHURCH RECORDER. On the Edge of Ignorance and Knowing: Black Preaching and the Black Church Are We In Trouble? Recently, a video of Pastor Marvin Winans of Perfecting Church, Detroit MI., while preaching in Independence Kentucky, to a predominantly white congregation made willfully ignorant, damaging, and completely false statements about the legitimacy of the Read More…