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The AME Church’s Christian Recorder
What is the name of the oldest existing black periodical in America?
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Presiding Elder
Which church official has administrative and advisory supervision over local pastors, itinerant preachers, local preachers and lay workers through the District Conference and Church School Convention?
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Church School
Which organization in the local church has the mission to teach, train, nurture, prepare and recruit adults and children in God’s Word for Christian Service.
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Wilberforce University
Which AME College/University is the oldest private historically black college/university owned and ran by blacks in America?
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Bishop Daniel A. Payne
What Bishop served as the first President of Wilberforce after its purchase by the AME Church in 1863?
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The first editor of the Christian Recorder
Who was Reverend Molliston M. Clark?
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9th Quadrennial Session of the General Conference held in New York City in 1852.
During what Quadrennial Session of the General Conference was the Christian Herald’s name changed to the Christian Recorder.
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- The Richard Allen Youth Council
- Dr. S. S. Morris, Sr.
What AME organization was founded in Memphis, Tennessee, during the 150th celebration of the AME Church and who is credited with the vision of this organization?
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60 years old
What is the age limit for candidates for admission to itinerant ministerial orders?
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Cryer – Gauthier 2003-2007
www.ameypd.com
The YPD Website was created during what administration and what is the Web address to this site?
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A weekly publication established by the General Conference of 1848 the predecessor to the Christian Recorder.
What type of publication was the Christian Herald?
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The President of the Council of Bishops presides over the Council of Bishops
(the Executive arm of the AME Church) and is the titular head of the AME Church.
What are the duties of the President of the Council of Bishops?
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Mary A. Campbell
Mary L. Brown Harriet A. Wayman and C.M. Burley
Who were the four founders of the Woman’s Parent Mite Missionary Society (WPMMS)?
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Blue and White
What are the colors of the Connectional Lay Organization?
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Sixteen
How many delegates attended the first General Conference?
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WMS
Mission Statement
The following appears in the Constitution and Bylaws of which AME Church organization?
What specifically is the title of this quote? “We are called to strengthen our faith and sent to continue the ministry of Jesus Christ by service and witness in the world”. |
- Sons of Allen
- The chief goal is to lead men, especially black men in the 21st century, into a saving relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
What is the official Men’s Ministry of the AME Church and what is its chief goal?
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The founders of the first black Masonic Lodge were Richard Allen and Absalom Jones.
The lodge was named African Lodge 459 and founded June 24, 1797.
Name the founders of the first black Masonic Lodge, name the lodge and year founded.
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The Connectional Lay Organization was founded in the 1946 Special session of the General Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas.
When and where was the Connectional Lay Organization founded?
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- Missionaries on the Move
- Administration of Delores L. Kennedy-Williams
What does the acronym MOM mean in the Women’s Missionary Society and under what administration was it initiated?
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Mt. Pisgah AME Church, Princeton, New Jersey -
Bishop John D. Bright 79th Elected and Consecrated Bishop
Where was the First Episcopal District’s YPD organized in November, 1971 and by which presiding prelate?
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Baltimore, Maryland, Washington, Virginia, North Carolina, and Western North Carolina
What is the geographical make up [boundaries] of the Second Episcopal District?
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Carrie T. Hooper, a New York City pastor, ran as the first female for the episcopacy at the 1964 General Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio
Who was the first female to run for the Episcopacy and at what General Conference?
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Bishop Jabez Pitts Campbell - 2nd Editor
Bishop Benjamin Tucker Tanner - 7th Editor Bishop Benjamin Franklin Lee - 8th Editor Bishop Richard Robert Wright, Jr. - 10th Editor
Name the four Bishops that were editors of the Christian Recorder and the order that they served?
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Rev. Clementa Pinckney, Cynthia Hurd, Rev. Sharonda Singleton,
Tywanza Sanders, Susie Jackson, Ethel Lance, Myra Thompson, Depayne Middleton-Doctor and Rev. Daniel Simmons
Which AMEs were named The Charleston 9 following the tragic murders on June 17, 2015?
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The AME Motto is “God our Creator, Christ our Redeemer, the Holy Spirit our Comforter, Humankind our Family.”
What is the new Motto for the AME Church adopted at the 2008 General Conference?
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