Archive for January, 2009

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

AME Today is 10 years old!

When the late Rev. John Fisher began this revolutionary work in 1999, he did it with a fervor. A.M.E. Today was the site to find out what was going on in the Connection. I took many of those duties over in 2004, at the request of the people who were participating in the discussion forum, [...]

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Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Barack Obama Inaugurated as 44th President of the United States

On January 20th, 2009, Barack H. Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America – the first African-American ever to hold the office of U.S. Commander-in-Chief. The event was witnessed by well over one million attendees in chilly Washington D.C., and by many millions more through coverage on television [...]

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Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Rev. William H. Smallwood dies at 96

Rev. William H. Smallwood, who pastored a number of churches in the African Methodist Episcopal denomination and spent 25 years as pastor of Allen AME Church, died Friday.

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Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Pastor Apologizes to Church for misuse of Credit Cards

The pastor of First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles apologized to his congregants Sunday for any embarrassment caused by disclosures that he had used church credit cards for sizable personal expenses and had failed to pay federal taxes for several years.
Pastor John J. Hunter, 51, used church credit cards to pay for at [...]

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Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Welcome to the NEW A.M.E. Today Site

A contemporary look at the A.M.E. Church, also known as AME and the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Founded by Richard Allen.

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