Sunday, September 29, 2024, the Wilmington District Lay Council held its Annual Lay Day Celebration at Bowens Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church, pastored by Reverend Valarie Robinson with Stacey Robinson, Host President. The Devotion was a reflection of the present Lay Council theme, “Securing Our Future”. Chaplain Alice Fennell gave the Old Testament Scripture Jeremiah 29:11-12…
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…
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…
Our mission is “To champion the causes of Equal Rights, Equal Opportunity, and Equal Justice by addressing the systemic failures that adversely affect the quality of life for marginalized and working-class people…”” Shirley A. Taylor At the behest of the Allegheny Conference Presiding Elders, Rev. Dina L. Martin and Rev. William R. Hogans, and the…
Citizens of the United States of America who come from Africa, the Caribbean, or South America have a responsibility to be conscious of social injustice and racial inequality issues. The term ‘woke” is a wake-up call to many naturalized citizens to use their newfound status to secure their civil rights. The implications of which are…