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(RNS) — McKenzie succeeds Jim Winkler, who left the ecumenical organization on Jan. 31.

How the Church of South India and Church of North India were formed—and how they fare today.

The Rev. Dr. H. Eddie Fox died on July 28, 2021, in Sevierville, Tennessee.

Rev. Dr. Silvester Scott Beaman Elected and Consecrated Bishop of AME Church st Quadrennial General Conference  , Rev. Dr. Silvester Scott Beaman was elected and consecrated the 139 th Bishop. He has been assigned to serve the 15 th Episcopal AME District in which he will superintend the following Annual Conferences: Cape Town, Namibia, Kalahari, Queenstown and Angola. His former pastorates include Bethel AME, Lackawanna, New York; St. Paul AME, Hamilton, Bermuda; and Bethel A.M.E. Church in Wilmington, Delaware.  Since arriving in Delaware, he has taken in over 2,700 new members. Under hi...

Equitable vaccine distribution is a humanitarian imperative There is a choice. The world of the next 10 years can be one of greater justice, abundance and dignity. Or it can be one of conflict, insecurity and poverty. We are at a turning point. COVID-19 has been a truly global crisis in which we all have shouldered a burden. In many cases this has caused us to reflect on those longer injustices that have perpetuated in parts of the world where the pandemic is yet another layer of misery, instability and unrest. These inequalities have been exposed and exacerbated by the impact of the pandemic...