SUBMITTING ARTICLES TO THE CHRISTIAN RECORDER (TCR):

Articles should contain a strong lead, an article-body that develops and delivers on the lead, and a definitive conclusion with an international audience in mind. Articles should address “who, what, when, where, and how.”  Writers are discouraged from using acronyms and figures of speech that do not translate efficiently into foreign languages and other cultures.  Examples like “GMKT” and phrases like, “Bring home the bacon”,” …just pulling your leg” or “That’s mixing apples and oranges” should be avoided.

- Only electronic submissions are accepted.  Articles should be in IBM-compatible Microsoft Word format, 12 pt., Times New Roman, Verdana, Arial, Courier, etc., and sent as an email attachment.  The email address for submissions is chsydnor@bellsouth.net

-  Check the submitted article carefully and get the article right the first time!  If you have to correct an article, resend the entire corrected article.

- All articles must have the name of the author(s) as a part of the article. Please provide the author’s title, i.e., Mr., Mrs., Ms. or Ms (Ms without the period; it is not an abbreviation), Dr., the Rev., Attorney, Licentiate, Lic., Deaconess, Chaplain, etc.

- Articles submitted to The Christian Recorder should not be submitted simultaneously to another publication, nor be under consideration by other publisher at the time of submission.

- If the article is a reprint, written reprint permission must accompany the article.

-  Please, no “cut and paste” or copied articles from other sources; we do not want plagiarized articles!

-  Do not abbreviate brother or sister; spell those terms out.

- Upper and lower case text.  No all-upper-case or all-lower-case-texts. No bolding or underlining.

- Single-space all articles

- No automatic formatting

- Spell-check and use standard grammar

- Make sure that all names are spelled correctly.

- No hard-copy or handwritten articles

- All articles must be accompanied by telephone phone number and a valid email address, and church affiliation. Our first priority is the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

- All articles for publication will be screened, proofed and edited. 

- Unused articles and photos will not be returned.

- When “Reverend” or “Right Reverend” is used before a name, “Reverend / Rev.” should be preceded by “the” because “Reverend / Rev.” is not a noun; it is an adjective and is always preceded by, “the,” especially in formal settings and in formal written documents. “The” is used before nouns. For instance, in a sentence, you would not say, “Blue car is fast” because “blue” as used in the sentence is an adjective and the correct way to form the sentence would be, “The blue car was fast” or “When we went to the racetrack, the blue car was fast.”  It would not be correct to say, “Blue car was fast.”

- The Discipline should be referred to as, The Book of Discipline of the African Methodist Episcopal Church 2008.  DO NOT reference older editions of The Discipline when addressing current issues.

-  Photos have to be in PDF, jpeg or a similar photo format; or hard-copy format; not in Word format or part of a text format.

- The AMEC Sunday School Union is the entity that takes care of the photo color separation fees, which costs $35 per photo.  The telephone number for the AMEC Sunday School Union is 615-256-5882; ask for Mr. Wright to make arrangement for payment of the fees. Whenever you send photos you have to let me know how many photos you would like to use and your plan for making payment for the color separation fees.

- The African Methodist Episcopal Church is a global church and The Christian Recorder is a global publication, as are the other AME periodicals. Please avoid abbreviations, even when referring U.S. state designation as, PA, NJ, MS, AR, AK; spell out the state names: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Alaska; spell out all state names.  Overseas writers need to be reminded to avoid abbreviations and to spell out words.

Reminder - People are reading The Christian Recorder on every continent at the same time.