In the March edition of the Star of Zion, I had the opportunity to share the relationship journeys of two couples in the article “Relationship Goals.” One of those couples, Presiding Elder Vincent Jones and Dr. Montina Jones (Newport News District, Virginia Conference), recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 6, 2024. I had…
As promised in an article in last October’s issue entitled “The 48-Hour Film Project” (page 20), we are not going to leave you hanging. Here is the follow-up to the article about A.M.E. Zion filmmakers Marvin Askew II and his wife, Johnette Warren-Askew, from St. Paul’s in Buffalo, NY, and their film Line of Sight. …
On September 19, 2024, the Pentecostal Credit Union (PCU) became the Pentecostal Community Bank at an elegant function held at the Royal Society, Central London, England. In the presence of 120 leading Church personalities from right across the Black Church denominational spectrum, stories were told of its humble beginnings and the struggles the late Rev….
African-American vernacular English renders the word, awake’ as ‘woke.’ This term ‘woke’ has been interpreted within America as a call for Americans of all races to be “aware of and be actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice),” The 45 million people of the Caribbean are looking forward…
The Messinger-Williams Community Education Initiative is an extension of the Hood Theological Seminary’s Messinger and Williams Family Chair in Theology and Ethics. Courses are offered at various times throughout the year. Course topics vary but will consistently deal with issues of faith, ethics, and community. The courses are free and open to the public. The…
Black History Month is always a good time to develop a greater appreciation for the African contribution to world culture and civilization. It offers an excellent opportunity to relish and glorify the accomplishments of our ancestors, but time should definitely be set aside to make a careful assessment of the status of our youth. After…
Every October, we celebrate Health Literacy Month — a time to recognize the importance of making health information easy to understand and the health care system easier to navigate. A team of experts recently split the definition into two parts: Personal health literacy: The degree to which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use…
The Baltimore District Women’s Home and Overseas Missionary Society held its first Mass meeting of the new conference year on Saturday, August 17, 2024, at Patterson Asbury A.M.E. Zion Church in Baltimore, Maryland, where the Rev. Beverly Jones serves as its Pastor and the Rev. Dr. Evalina Huggins, Presiding Elder. Under the stellar leadership of…
Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit…
The International Center of Faith, Science, and History (ICFSH) at Hood Theological Seminary will host its Fall 2024 Conference, “Soil and Souls in Dialogue,” on Friday, October 11, 2024, from 9:00am-1:00pm ET. This event will be virtual and streamed on Facebook Live through Zoom. For more information and to register, please go here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1009434725437?aff=oddtdtcreator…
Mabry Lyles, Who is he? Well, we are going to tell the story of Mabry Lyles and his legacy as it travels down through generations until it reaches one who is with us today, Dr. Vera Jeter-Jones, Mabry’s only surviving grandchild, who is one of Zion’s most Christian and Knowledgeable women in Zion. I will…
Two churches, one in the United States of America and the other in the Caribbean collaborated to assist students in need in Barbados. The Restoration African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Windsor Mill, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, and the Hoggard African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Tyrol Cot, Codrington Hill, St. Michael, Barbados, joined forces to address deprivation…
Hood Theological Seminary announces its newest degree, the Master of Arts in Christian Ministry (MACM). The Master of Arts in Christian Ministry degree program is designed for students preparing for ministry in Christian denominations that do not require the Master of Divinity (MDiv) degree for ordination. With this degree, students acquire a basic knowledge of…
Historically, The A.M.E. Zion Church has mobilized impactful movements fostering equity and initiating change. Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Sojourner Truth worshipped at ‘The Freedom Church.’ Improving the posture of our people passionately drove these dedicated abolitionists to tirelessly toil, to teach, and to tell, overturning tides of inequality. Racial inequality (imbalances in the distribution…
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly” – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Since our founding, The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church has stood on the right side of…
The Washington District of the Philadelphia and Baltimore Conference of the Mid-Atlantic Episcopal District held its First Quarterly Mass Meeting of the Conference Year on August 24, 2024. The host church was Lomax A.M.E. Zion Church in Arlington, Virginia, where the Rev. Dr. Adrian V. Nelson II is the pastor. The meeting opened with greetings…
VOTER REGISTRATION TIPS: Check your registration status, especially if you have recently moved. Check the location of your voting site. Early voting sites may be different from voting sites on election day. Visit vote.gov or other websites to begin the voter registration process. Select your state or territory. Depending on its rules, you will find…
Health & Wellness Editor’s Homegoing Tribute to loving mother, a “Daughter of Zion” Ruth Ellen Carrow Grimes was born on March 13th, 1940, in Kinston, North Carolina, to the Rev. Eli Edward Carrow and Addie Mae Brewer. At the tender age of 5 years, Ruth displayed resilience and strength when stricken by Polio. She was…
Persons interested in in being considered for the following offices are to submit this form https://forms.gle/9L79sokEd8e3AFE1A and resume appertaining to that office, and emailed to The Rev. Dorothy A. Patterson, Nominating Committee Chairman at kleinz1@aol.com. The deadline for submissions has been extended to October 5, 2024, to assure all of Zion has had ample opportunity…
It is important when studying Black History, that we are cognizant of the fact that the history of people of African descent did not begin with slavery, and most definitely did not begin in America. Africans had already crossed the Atlantic and arrived in future America at least two hundred years before Christopher Columbus, and they…
