The AME Zion Bureau of Church Growth and Development

06/13/2026

A wonderful and blessed graduation of class 2026 Summer Session, Thanks for allowing Barbara and me to be apart. Bible Institute of America, congratulations to Chief Apostle and the entire staff and the graduating class.

06/12/2026

‘An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.’ – Benjamin Franklin

06/09/2026

‘We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.’ – Benjamin Franklin

06/09/2026

Greetings Zion Family,

Join us tonight, Monday, June 8, 2026 @8:00 PM (ET) for a special conversation on Utilizing Technology & Social Media. We are excited to welcome Mr. Darin Kent, Chief Communications Officer & Editor of the Star of Zion for the A.M.E. Zion Church, to lead this discussion.

Tonight’s topic will explore how strategic technology and social media use can undergird and help support the mission of thriving churches.

If you’ve missed any of our previous sessions, or just want to go back and dig in a bit further, you can catch up anytime through our on-demand library on AMEZTV: https://watch.amez.tv/soyc

See you in class!

06/08/2026

Greetings Zion Family, Join us tonight, Monday, June 8, 2026, @ 8:00 PM (ET) for a special conversation on Utilizing Technology & Social Media. We are excited to welcome Mr. Darin Kent, Chief Communications Officer & Editor of the Star of Zion for the A.M.E. Zion Church, to lead this discussion.

Tonight’s topic will explore how strategic technology and social media use can undergird and help support the mission of thriving churches.

If you’ve missed any of our previous sessions, or just want to go back and dig in a bit further, you can catch up anytime through our on-demand library on AMEZTV: https://watch.amez.tv/soyc

Zoom Information:
Meeting ID: 826 7615 4153
Passcode: 2025
Dial-In #: (646) 931-3860

See you tonight in class!

06/08/2026

‘Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.’ – Benjamin Franklin

06/06/2026

Leonard Sweet powerfully summarizes this ideal:

“On the cross, leadership dies. On the cross, success dies. On the cross, skills die, and excellence dies. All of my strengths—nailed to the cross. All of my weaknesses—nailed to the cross. All of my yearnings for bigger and better, for anything other than Christ himself—nailed to that same cross.”15

06/05/2026

06/05/2026

Had a great day in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, celebrating my grand daughter, Victoria's Baptism along with six others. Pray that they we will keep growing in grace!