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February 3, 2017

AME Church Council of Bishops’ Statement Re: Trump

Your Bishops issue the following statement in response to the views and actions of President Donald Trump since his inauguration on January 20, 2017. Please provide this statement to your organizations, components and congregations, and ask them to act accordingly.

PUBLIC LIFE

AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Council of Bishops, Trump

February 1, 2017

The #MuslimBan May Be Unconstitutional, But It’s Not Un-American

Only our loud, demonstrative, consistent, faithful activism committed to transforming paralyzing and predatory policies can save America from itself.

NEWS & VIEWS, POLITICS, PUBLIC LIFE

#MuslimBan, american christianity, donald, islam, islamophobia, Trump, Willie Dwayne Francois

January 31, 2017

Understanding Cruelty in Spite of God #TuesdayMeditation

Have we built a “church” over souls that are dark, cold and small, very much removed from God and from Jesus? Are we hiding our own capacity to be cruel?

FAITH

#TuesdayMeditation, Christianity, Cruelty, islam, Rev. Susan K. Smith

January 29, 2017

PREACHING THROUGH A SECOND POST-RECONSTRUCTION ERA

What should preachers say when the vast majority of the members of Congress in both parties are saying nothing publicly, or are falling in line with Trump to protect their political careers.

POLITICS, PUBLIC LIFE

Christianity, Donald Trump, Marvin A. McMickle, Politics

January 29, 2017

Real Peacemaking: Interrupting Moonlight Sonata To Make Peace

Peacemaking requires self-defense. One cannot make peace if they do not defend themselves and their communities.

FAITH, PUBLIC LIFE

justice, Lawrence W. Rodgers, Peace

January 24, 2017

The Phenomenon of Faith and Doubt, Combined #TuesdayMeditation

Faith means that we understand that no matter what comes our way, no matter how hard, vicious and ugly the battle, that in the end, there is and will always be God.

FAITH

#TuesdayMeditation, Doubt, faith, Rev. Susan K. Smith