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CONGRATULATORY Listings MAY 2023
* Purple font connotes Episcopal Family; Red font , General Off icers; and Blue font , Connectional Officers.
AME Church Treasurer/CFO Receives Honorary Doctorate From Payne Theological Seminary
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At the May 12, 2023 commencement of Payne Theological Seminary, AME Church Treasurer/CFO Marcus T. Henderson was bestowed the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by the institution.
In his remarks to those assembled, he stated, “So, the question I pose to you is simple, one that you will have to ask yourself everyday until it becomes your life’s standard. I say standard because goals change, move, and morph, YET a STANDARD is how you live your life. So here is the haunting question, ‘Are you going to be prophetic or pathetic?’ They both start with ‘P’ and sound a little bit alike, but as you know have vastly different meanings, effect, and delivery.”
It was also announced that Dr. Henderson and his wife Yolanda Mason Henderson seeded the Henderson Family Endowment at Payne with a $100,000 contribution.
Contact: mhenderson@amecfo.org
Congratulations to Marvin Frank Curtis Zanders, Esquire, for Earning the Taxation LL.M.
Congratulations to Marvin Frank Curtis Zanders, Esquire for earning the t axation LL.M. from New York University School of Law on Thursday, May 18, 2023. Attorney Zanders is the first FAMU law graduate to earn the LL.M. in taxation from N.Y.U. Law School. He has completed the Florida Bar and will begin his law career with the Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP law firm. He is the son of Bishop Marvin C. and Supervisor Winifred H. Zanders of the 16 th Episcopal District AMEC.
Congratulatory expressions can be sent to Attorney Zanders at Marvinzanders3@gmail.com or 4003 Eagle Landing Parkway, Orange Park, Florida 32065.
Augustine Speaks for University’s 2023 Baccalaureate and Honor Cord Ceremony
The Reverend Dr. Jonathan C. Augustine, senior pastor of St. Joseph AME Church (Durham, NC) and member of the AME Church’s Judicial Council, delivered the sermon as part of St. Augustine’s University 2023 Baccalaureate and Honor Cord Ceremony. The service was held at St. Augustine’s historic campus chapel, on the university’s main campus in Raleigh, NC, on Thursday, May 4, 2023. Information from the university can be seen here: https://www.st-aug.edu/event/baccalaureate-and-honor- cord-ceremony/. Founded in 1867, St. Augustine’s University is an HBCU administered by the Episcopal Church.
The Rev. Jonathan C. Augustine, J.D., D.Min. 31 st Pastor, St. Joseph AME Church https://www.stjosephame.org https://www.jayaugustine.com jayaugustine9@gmail.com @jayaugustine9
National Chaplain, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Claire B. Crawford Received the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Political Science From the University of Southern California
Congratulations to Claire B. Crawford, who received the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Political Science from the University of Southern California on May 11, 2023. Dr. Crawford is the daughter of the Rev. Marvin L. Crawford, M.D., M.Div., pastor of First Saint Paul AMEC, Lithonia, Georgia, and Dr. Sherell Vicks-Crawford (former Connectional YPD director).
Dr. Claire Crawford has accepted a position as assistant professor of Africana Political Thought, Department of Political Science & Program of Africana Studies at Wake Forest University.
Congratulatory notes may be sent to: Dr. Claire B. Crawford 5695 Hunters Chase Ct. Lithonia, GA 30038 clairecr@usc.edu
The Rev. Sharrice L. Autry Received Her Master of Divinity From Emory / Candler School of Theology
I am proud to announce that on May 6, 2023, my daughter, the Rev. Sharrice L.Autry, received her Master of Divinity from Emory / Candler School of Theology. The Rev. Sharrice Autry is a fifth-generation preacher and we are both so very grateful to God for all his divine benefits. Many thanks to all her supporting cast who prayed her through. Please help me congratulate her on the completion of her Masters program. To God be the glory!
Congratulations can be sent to: sharrice.autry@gmail.com
Rev. Minnie Autry, Retired Pastor Michigan Conference
Minnieautry@att.net
On behalf of Publications Commission chair Bishop David R. Daniels, Jr., president/publisher of the AMEC Publishing House (Sund ay School Union) the Rev. Dr. Roderick D. Belin, and editor of The Christian Recorder Dr. John Thomas III, we celebrate and applaud your achievements.
“For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 (NRSV)
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