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October 4, 2022

It’s the Ethics for Me

By Dr. John Thomas III, Editor The Black Church as an institution has been such a pivotal part of the African American community because of the respect and trust accorded to its leaders. One AME pastor who is also a lawyer commented in an interview , “Being a pastor has benefited me in the law for several reasons. [One way is that it] has heightened my sense of integrity.” This response is not surprising because those who are set apart and charged to serve God’s flock take on additional responsibility for the spiritual and temporal well-being of those in their…

August 14, 2021

Will the AME Church be Healed? Reflections on the 2021 General Conference

By John Thomas III, Editor, The Christian Recorder When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” John 5: 6 From July 6-10, the family of the African Methodist Episcopal Church gathered in Orlando, Florida and through Zoom conferencing to conduct the business of the denomination in the best way we knew how. It seemed as if Murphy’s Law was in full effect: a global pandemic, a looming hurricane, poorly functioning sound, international connectivity issues and to top it all off a…

April 2, 2021

On this Good Friday, let us reflect on the 7 last words of George Floyd

(RNS) — The commemoration of Good Friday is a solemn and holy event for Christians. We cannot get to the resurrection of Jesus Christ without traversing through the crucifixion, death and burial of God’s only begotten son. One of the dividing lines among Christian traditions is the context of Jesus’ Passion and death. When we separate Jesus from his worldly environment and circumstances — being persecuted as a Jewish teacher by a foreign empire and betrayed by compatriots who were threatened by his message and witness — we lose sight that Jesus, both fully God and man, was gruesomely murdered.…

November 29, 2016

John Thomas III: Making the AME’s voice heard

Tuesday, November 29, 2016 In the midst of a changing world for both the church and media, The Christian Recorder -- the AME Church’s official newspaper -- must be a faith-based space, sharing the church’s perspective and bringing other perspectives to the denomination, says John Thomas III. Elected in July as the 21st editor of The Christian Recorder, Thomas, 34, is the youngest editor in the paper’s history. As editor, he plans to increase the amount of news coverage about the AME Church, including its involvement in social justice issues... READ FULL ARTICLE HERE

May 21, 2007

Students put classroom learning to work for Honduran legislators

From the May 21, 2007, Princeton Weekly BulletinA series of meetings between a Princeton graduate student and a world-renowned musician has resulted in a training program that provided a group of Honduran legislators with a new set of tools for governing. Last fall, John Thomas III, a graduate student in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, met Honduran Congressman Aurelio Martínez — also an accomplished singer, composer and guitarist — following his performance on Princeton’s campus. Thomas mentioned that he would be in Honduras later in the semester for a policy workshop on enhancing aid effectiveness as…

August 1, 2005

Black they continue being ignored

Write: Raúl Mendoza.Picture: Marcos Rojas. ANALYSIS ON SUBJECT AFRO IN PERU • American Afro John Thomas III, expert in International Subjects, made studies on afro communities in Peru during a year. • indicates that Been Peruvian it does not have political defined for this minority. –So that one was interested in studying the afroperuano subject in Peru? –In my country I studied in the Morehouse College, a black university, that treats these subjects. Later I went to the Dominican Republic and there I saw what is to be afrolatino. When I obtained the Fulbrigth scholarship for an independent investigation I chose…