Madison, NJ- Dr. Ashley Boggan Dreff, cradle United Methodist, professor and author of Entangled: A History of American Methodism, Politics, and Sexuality and #Nevertheless: American Methodists and Women’s Rights, has been elected as General Secretary of the General Commission on Archives and History (GCAH). Her nomination from the search committee was voted and approved at a special meeting […]
There were almost no women of color to represent their voices in religious higher education. Dr. Angella P. Current-Felder, then the executive director of the Office of Loans and Scholarships at the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM), remembers a common excuse for why seminaries and universities did not have any women of […]
Dr. Haynes is an humble man of great influence, a man who knows his way around Washington, DC like most of us know our way around town, and is a highly accomplished leader in higher education. He has been awarded 14 honorary degrees and walked with kings, high-ranking officials, and presidents but never lost the […]
Annual Report ofThe African American Methodist Heritage Centerto The 53rd Annual Meeting ofBlack Methodists for Church Renewal – March 2020 “The Lord is intimately acquainted with the lives of the blameless; their heritage will last forever.”Psalms 37:18
LESSONS IN LEADERSHIP & LIFE Their work is a calling, a sacred privilege, and the United Methodist-related Historically Black Colleges and Universities they have been a part of are better because of their commitment and service.
The goal of the African American Methodist Heritage Center is to provide research, preserve artifacts and other memorabilia and to protect and promote the rich history of African American people in Methodism.
The idea for the African American Methodist Heritage Center (AAMHC) originated with Black Methodists for Church Renewal (BMCR) in 2001. Bishop Forrest C. Stith was asked to take the leadership in providing a way for assuring that the contributions of African Americans to Methodism were recovered and remembered.
We greet you with joy and appreciation in the beauty of the Fall Season. We know that as nature’s vegetation is fading, God is preparing the earth for a new beginning in the Spring Season. The Hymn of Promise reminds us that: In the bulb there is a flower; in the seed an apple tree; […]
It was George Santayana, the historian/philosopher who once said, “those who do not learn the lessons of history, are doomed to repeat its mistakes”. With that in mind, I share some reflections and suppositions based on our history.
Annual Report of The African American Methodist Heritage Center To The 52nd Annual Meeting of the Black Methodist for Church Renewal Atlanta, Georgia – April 3-6, 2019