Category: AME 50th
The Rev. Harry L. Seawright and Rev. Frank M. Reid III Among Newly Elected AME Bishops
Two local pastors were recently elected as bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The Rev. Harry L. Seawright of Union Bethel AME Church in Brandywine, MD., and the Rev. Frank Madison Reid III of Bethel AME Church in Baltimore, Md., were among the six candidates elected to be bishops at the 50th Quadrennial Conference that […]
Clinton Speech, Bishop Elections are Highlights of AME Convention
The presumptive Democratic candidate for president and the election of six clergy to be bishops were the highlights of the 50th Quadrennial session of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The AME Church is holding this year’s conference from July 6-July 13 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, with an estimated 30,000 people, from around […]
Clinton Tells AME Church Members Police Killings Show Bias
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton addressed a national gathering of the African Methodist Episcopal Church on Friday in Center City on the heels of 72-hours of violence across the country perpetrated along racial fault lines. A string of police-involved fatal shootings of two Black men on consecutive days this week was followed by the […]