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March 2025

Receive this CALL TO ACTION! The A.M.E. Zion Church stands in solidarity with Rev. Al Sharpton’s leadership in the fight to protect DEI. Our power lies in our unity and our …

URGENT RELIEF FOR THE CHURCH IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

It has become expedient to appeal to all of Zion for support for our people and communities caught up in the war in DRC. I seek your consent to circulate this appeal letter, hoping it’d generate a generous response for a good intervention. Thank you and I wait to hear from you. Stay blessed. - Rt. Rev. Dr. Hilliard K. Dela Dogbe, Presiding Bishop, Western West Africa Episcopal District

February 2025

January 2025

JESUS CHANGES HEARTS: President Donald J. Trump included

He who is without sin, let Him throw a stone at her first (John 8:7). Here Jesus comes to the rescue of a woman brought to Him to be stone for adultery.   Jesus’ own word included …

Forging Freedom: The Abolitionist Legacy and the Future of Impact Investing

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, we are reminded of the nation’s complex history—one marked by profound struggles for freedom and equality. In this moment of …

The Real Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving as a national holiday, originally, had absolutely nothing to do with the Pilgrims and the so-called Indians; and it had nothing to do with colonialism or the Europeans who settled …

Machismo Misogyny Dooms Harris Presidency

“We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.” And we do mean men. We hold these truths to be manifest that there is no equality, that women are of a lesser…

50 Year Anniversary

The children of Johnny Sr. and Gwendolyn Johnson happily announce their parents 50th wedding anniversary. Johnny and Gwendolyn were married on November 2, 1974. They were blessed with 3 children, …

A Trump Presidency - What Now Africa?

The clarion call of former President Donald Trump, the Republican party presidential candidate in the forthcoming 2024 US general elections, has been ‘America First’.  What does this…

VOTE! Don’t sit this one out.

The A.M.E. Zion Church has always been known as the Freedom Church because it has been on the cutting edge of social justice, and voting is a major part of what we do.

I AM STILL HERE: A Poem Concerning Alzheimer

I AM STILL HERE, beneath this unfamiliar, quizzical, and often non-responsive face. I AM HERE, sitting in this maze of vague and undeclared questions. Questions that can only stir deep…

IT'S IN THE COLOR PINK

  She never thought a lot about what colors really mean. Some suggest excitement, others more serene - Until that day when she'd walked away, hearing what her doctor had to …

Jones on Jones: An Appreciation of A Man with A Purpose

On Sunday, October 6, 2024, at 3:00 pm the clergy, members of the 22 churches, family, and friends gathered in large numbers at the historic St. Luke A.M.E. Zion Church , Wilmington, NC to …

November, 2024, St. Louis, MO.., Washington Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church, in St. Louis, MO, has a history of great music and musicians.  Over the years, the Cathedral Choir, Gospel Chorus, …

Youth’s Responsibility to the Future

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…

ABUBAKARI, COLUMBUS, AND TOUSSAINT L’OUVERTURE; EXPLORATION, COLONIZATION, AND LIBERATION

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. …

"They Not Like Us"

“They Not Like Us”: What I Learned from Watching the BET Awards. Entertainment_arts@StarofZion.org It was the Kendrick / Drake Beef that brought me back to Hip-Hop. I remembered the …

Call To Action Project 2025

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, I write to you with urgency and conviction regarding a matter that profoundly concerns our community and our values as people of faith. Recently, we have …

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