Count on a $6 trillion #BlackJesus Trust

 “If you ask me for anything in my name, I will do it.” #BlackJesus John 14:13 ICB

By Eric Stradford, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired

AMWS, February 8, 2026, Maputo, Mozambique  -- U.S. foreign policy under the Trump administration is moving the world’s 2.4 billion followers of Jesus The Christ closer than ever to God’s purpose for their existence. 

At the heart of manifest destiny was a gross misperception of racial superiority.  Just governments rightfully commend the obedience, loyalty, support, and defense of all Christian men and women they control and protect.  The Right Reverend Jeffrey N. Leath, 128th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, has cautioned his church’s institutional voice to seek substantive change from a shrinking dollar. “

·         We Have Capable Leaders in Districts 14-20

·        We want to decide for ourselves (leaders and governance structures)

·        We need/want Development Financial Support, but we have some resources without it.

·        We need a different Episcopal District Configuration (Zambia)

Fiduciary Trustees for Free African Society for the 21^st Century (FAS2) call on advocates and antagonists for church reform to assess generational needs through a $100 m seed for ending poverty.  FAS2 seeks to leverage equity in a $6 trillion asset to partner on United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 1, #NoPoverty2030 in Alkebulan.

The Historic Black Church, evolving from Philadelphia society, assimilated racist values into their divine rights to perpetuate perception of their inferiority.  Each February, historically disadvantaged believers honor founders to include Richard Allen and Absolom Jones for a vision to carry out the spirit of #BlackJesus. 

Young Adult followers are poised to assume responsibility for leveraging newly discovered assets for their ecosystem’s sustained development.  The Richard Allen Young Adult Council (RAYAC), scheduled for “convergence” at this year’s gathering of the Global Development Council, sets hope for  multi-generational trust.

RAYAC’s Black History report to the church of Richard Allen can repair and restore followers to their manifest destiny

In Revelation 3:7-8 ICB - To the Church in Philadelphia  The spirit of the original Free African Society acknowledges the church's deeds, stating, "I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut. For you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name" (Revelation 3:8).

The letter to the church promises protection and vindication. Jesus assures them that He will keep them from the hour of trial that is coming upon the world (Revelation 3:10). He also promises that the one who overcomes will be made a pillar in the temple of God, signifying stability and honor in His presence.

Heirs of Salvation here and throughout State of African Diaspora (SOAD) can sing a new song for repair and reconciliation.  With almost 350 million people, the African Diaspora equals the THIRD COUNTRY in the world after China and India, but greater than The United States of America (323 million), Indonesia (258 million) and Brazil (205 million).

The African Diaspora is derived from two main waves of migration:

- The first is related to the deportation of Africans in the context of the slave trade, whether it is the Eastern Trade (from the 7th to the beginning of the 20th century), or the Western Trade (from the 15th to the 19th century). The descendants of these populations are still living today in countries like Yemen or Iraq, or The United States of America and Brazil, for example.

-The second wave is an economic migration that pushed the African population to Europe, since the twentieth century, especially after 1945. These are African descendants in France or the UK, but also in many other countries of the world. 

The Covenant

In 2004, the AME Church made a major commitment to Indigenous Leadership with an unprecedented election of three bishops who were born in overseas districts (Districts 14-20). The intent was sealed with a document:

Persons born outside of the USA would serve areas of their birth. Yet, the understanding of those elected was not clear in terms of their having made an active, career long obligation.

ARTICLES OF RELIGION  23. OF THE RULERS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  

The President, the Congress, the General Assemblies, the Governors, and the Councils of State, as the delegates of the people, are the rulers of the United States of America, according to the division of power made to them by the Constitution of the United States, and by the constitution of their respective states and the Councils of States delegates of the people, are the rulers of the United States of America, and by the Constitutions of their respective States. And the said states are a sovereign and independent nation, and ought not to be subject to any foreign jurisdiction.

It is acknowledged that the African Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in the United States. However, the African Methodist Episcopal Church is an international Christian body with constituents around the world, and a Christian witness that is both parochial and global. Article 23 presumes the duty, loyalty and patriotism of our constituents, as citizens of sovereign nations, to obey just laws, to recognize and respect the organizational structure, and to uphold the Constitution of the country or nation-state in which our members hold the rights and privileges of citizenship. Further, obedience to Civil Government is one of the principle duties of all persons, and was honored by our Lord and His Apostles. Though differing in form and policy, all just governments rightfully commend the obedience, loyalty, support, and defense of all Christian men and women they control and protect.

Rebranding Christmas from Presents to Presence

By Eric Stradford, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired

AMWS, December 21, 2025, Washington, DC – The U.S. Presidency may have forfeited America’s last chance to stand for Christ at Christmas.  The U.S. president, satirized across the African Diaspora as “The Grinch who stole Christmas,” is certain to face daunting truths in the phrase "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."

As 2.4 billion followers of Jesus The Christ celebrated Advent through demonstrations of Hope, Peace, Joy and Love, free Africans are waking up to their reality as an endowed community. Little children throughout the global village will find their stockings stuffed with more than their little hearts could stand. 

In this year, dubbed the "Year of Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations,"  The traditional Christmas narrative, translated by King James of England, has taken its last queue from wanna-be kings. 

Seven aspirations coming out of the African Union to its recently constitutionalized State of African Diaspora  “are rebranding the Triple-Evils of racism, poverty and war with renewed hope for “shared prosperity and well-being, for unity and integration, for a continent of free citizens and expanded horizons, where the full potential of women and youth are realized, and with freedom from fear, disease and want.”

In 2025, Free Africans in the United States engaged in internal reparations by reclaiming stolen peoples equity.  They learned KA TUMELO RE LELAPA (By FAITH we are FAMILY).  The name Africa replaced #Alkebulan largely due to historical processes involving Roman conquest, European colonization, and the spread of Latin-based terminology.   Before European influences, As-salam alaikum!  is a blessing by #BlackJesus and the Islamic greeting meaning “Peace be upon you”, and the response means “And peace be upon you too.”

​​"Partnership produces progress, and nothing else does. Marylanders are coming together across all levels of society to end child poverty in our state," said Maryland Governor Wes Moore.  To amplify the impact of Maryland’s ENOUGH Act, philanthropic and private sector institutions are coming together with an initial commitment of more than $100 million calling on other institutions to join their efforts.

For two or three Black preachers, your seven-minute Christmas tidings of comfort and joy may prove to be less comfortable to some than others. Choose your text in “carrying out the spirit of the original Free African Society.”

Luke 24:36: "Peace be unto you."

Luke 10:5: "And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house."

John 20:19: "Peace be unto you."

John 20:21: "Again Jesus said, Peace be with you!"

John 20:26: "Peace be with you."

 

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Atonement for 2.4 billion #Heirs of Salvation

#JoyToTheWorld -- Lord Jesus, as we rejoice in Your coming, let our joy overflow into acts of love. Teach us that true atonement transforms hearts and societies. May we, as Your people, rise together to end poverty and bring Your kingdom of justice and peace to earth. Amen. 

By Eric Stradford, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired

Fiduciary Trustee, FAS2 Free African Society for the 21^st Century

AMWS-FAS2, Sunday, December 13, 2026, Alkebulan – The #BlackJesus Family Trust Fund supports a one-year demonstration for financing United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 1.  The African Development Bank has been invited to partner with 2.4 billion #HeirsofSalvation to model a multi-donor thematic trust fund focused on resilience and youth entrepreneurship. It aligns with AfDB’s strategic priorities and UN SDGs 1 and 17, aiming to empower Generation Z and Alpha across Africa and the diaspora.

A $100 million crowdfunding campaign supports multi-year engagement culminating June 9, 2030, the Day of Pentecost.  #ThePentecostProject anticipates signs, wonders and miracles through cheerful giving by the planet’s youngest beneficiaries.

On this Third Sunday of Advent, the candle of joy signals #JoyToTheWorld —not a fleeting happiness, but a deep, abiding joy rooted in the promise of reconciliation. Advent values hope, peace, joy and love as community assets for #KingdomFellowship. A fifth candle, lit The Night Before Christmas, anticipates a supernatural atonement to restore what was broken between humanity and God. This gift of grace is not passive; it calls intentional engagement as agents of restoration in the world.

Atonement is not only vertical—between 2.4 billion #HeirsofSalvation and God—but also horizontal—between you and 8.2 billion neighbors you are supposed to love.  The miracle of #NoPoverty2030 #MissionPossible with #BlackJesus is neither ambiguous nor esoteric.

FACT 1: Christ’s coming reconciles humanity to God.

FACT 2: #MissionPossible is the heir’s endowed capacity to reinvest in those who suffer under the weight of poverty and injustice. #JoyToTheWorld becomes complete when it is shared, when the hungry are fed, the oppressed are lifted, and communities are sustained.

FACT 3: “The assistant director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, Hyman Bookbinder, in a frank statement on December 29, 1966, declared that the long-range costs of adequately implementing programs to fight poverty, ignorance and slums will reach one trillion dollars. He was not awed or dismayed by this prospect but instead pointed out that the growth of the gross national product during the same period makes this expenditure comfortably possible. It is, he said, as simple as this: “The poor can stop being poor if the rich are willing to become even richer at a slower rate.” Furthermore, he predicted that unless a “substantial sacrifice is made by the American people,” the nation can expect further deterioration of the cities, increased antagonisms between races and continued disorders in the streets. He asserted that people are not informed enough to give adequate support to antipoverty programs, and he leveled a share of the blame at the government because it “must do more to get people to understand the size of the problem.”

― Martin Luther King, Jr., from Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?

How can 2.4 billion followers of #BlackJesus end poverty?

#PrayerChangesThings

Social Action: “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.” — Philippians 4:4

Imagine 2.4 billion people of faith united under a shared vision of ending poverty, potential impact could be enormous. Here is one practical, boots-on-the-ground that such a movement could adopt:

1. Collective Resource Mobilization

The $100 m capital campaign is replicable.  It establishes AfDB Trust account for 100 Generation Alpha Reparations Trusts at $1 million each to include operating expenses for a Generation Z Trustee (See Diasbank 10-year 1 million SME Vision of the future).

The AfDB issues a $10k #BlackJesus credit card to the certified Gen X, Y CAM (adult grantee) and Gen Z Trustee advisory team. (See 7 Money-n-the-Bank advisors The Annual Youth Achievement Awards).

These funds could be directed toward youth-led SMEs supporting any of seven Whole of Government Economic Security sectors:

2. Global Advocacy and Policy Influence

2.4 billion people represent nearly 30% of the world’s population—a massive voting and lobbying power.

They could push governments and corporations to:

Implement fair trade policies.

Increase social safety nets.

Support universal education and healthcare.

3. Community-Based Action

Organize sustainable local initiatives:

Food security programs (community farms, food banks).

Skill-building workshops for sustainable employment.

Empower communities to become self-sufficient rather than dependent on aid.

4. Technology and Innovation

Use digital platforms to:

Connect donors directly with beneficiaries.

Share knowledge and resources globally.

Promote open-source solutions for education, agriculture, and healthcare.

5. Cultural Shift

Encourage values of generosity, stewardship, and equity.

Combat consumerism and redirect wealth toward impact-driven projects.

If this movement were well-organized, it could realistically eradicate extreme poverty within a generation. The challenge isn’t resources—it’s coordination, transparency, and accountability. 

There has never been a shortage of resources…JUST RESOURCEFULNESS!

Selemeng Molupe’s Tshepo

By Selemeng Molupe

THE STORY OF JESUS – Ka TUMELO re lelapa Signs, Wonders and Miracles

Tshepo is the Sesotho word for “hope.”  Sesotho is one of some 2000 different languages spoken in Alkebulan, now known as Africa.  Each of these languages also has different dialects peculiar to certain people. The word “Alkebulan” has a long history and indigenous roots. This word does not appear in Hebrew versions of the Bible, though it was widely used throughout Alkebulan, especially by the Ethiopians, Nubians, Moors, and Numidians. Translations of this name include “mother of mankind” and “the garden of Eden,” respectively.

FAS2, July 25, 2025 Maseru, Lesotho – I am Selemeng Molupe.  At Age 13, I am one of 100 Generation Alpha believers applying for #EconomicInclusion in a replicable $100 million USD reparations trust.  I follow Jesus The Christ, through whom all things are possible. I am bi-lingual.  I speak English as a second language to my mother-tongue, which is Sesotho.  KEA LUMELA is Sesotho for I believe.   I believe #NoPoverty2030 is #MissionPossible. 

The name Selemeng has different meanings. According to some sources, it means "stars."  It is of African Alkebulan origin and can also mean "To plough or plant." Other interpretations suggest that Selemeng is associated with love and emotional intelligence.

I have invested a 7-part vision of my future as one whole heir of salvation.  I pray that you will join me and other Generation Alpha followers by investing your Money-n-the-Bank goals to make #NoPoverty2030 #MissionPossible.

Spiritual Goal: To know more about Jesus, read the Bible

Physical Goal: Exercise and be well

Social Goal: Be nice and polite to people

Financial Goal: Knowhow to make money for pursuing my studies

·         How Money Smart Are You?

Educational Goal: Pass well to achieve my dream career

·         LEARN-2-EARN (L2E) 

Professional Goal: To be a medical doctor

Recreational Goal: Well being of my family

My Community Asset Manager, The Reverend Maselemeng Molupe pastors the Holy Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church.  Her vision of “church” is a common vision for believers on six of seven continents worldwide.  She has asked me to account for an investment in my future valued at 878,380.00 (879,252 1800 days x 24 hours = 43,200 hours) Lesotho lotis.  She has asked Jesus The Christ to be with me for the rest of my life. 

My LEARN-2-EARN assignment is to account for $50,000 US Dollars on the way to my home in the #MountainKingdom.  By June 9, 2030, My estimated “cheerful giving” between today,  July 4, 2025 and June 9, 2030 is $1 million USD (approximately 17,567,600 Lesotho lotis).

I need more faith, more hope and plenty of love to believe I can achieve whatever I believe I can achieve. 

Faith: The name Tumelo means "faith”. It is derived from the Sesotho language and represents belief, trust, or confidence in something greater. In Sesotho culture, Tumelo reflects the importance of faith in God, oneself, or others to achieve success and overcome challenges.

Hope: The name Celeste is of Latin origin and means "heavenly" or "celestial." It is often associated with qualities such as beauty, grace, and purity, reflecting the celestial connotations. It is also seen as a name of hope and optimism.

Love: Jesu o rata bana ba banyenyane is how we say Jesus loves little children in Sesotho.  Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me. Don’t stop them, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to people who are like these children.”  So, for anyone who HOPES for #KingdomFellowship can do for me what Jesus does for all little children.

According to the Gospels, Jesus performed 37 miracles, with some scholars estimating the number to be between 24 and 37 documented in the gospel accounts. Each miracle served a specific purpose in God's plan of salvation for humankind.  One of the children Jesus loved was a 12 year-old he called Talitha cumi, which is said to mean, “little girl.”  Her name may as well have been Celeste based on the signs, wonders and miracles on their way to her home. 

In Selemeng’s story, Hope is on the way to Ramolefi.’  A father hoped Jesus would come heal his dying daughter.  On the way to Jairus’ house a woman, we’ll call her Veronica Haemorrhoissa, had blood issues for as long as young Celeste had lived.  Veronica is said to have pressed through the crowd of needy folks, falling down in front of the early responder for medical attention.  She had no Medicaid because her government did not value her life.  Veronica’s emergency required TUMELO, but she didn’t know because she didn’t speak Sesotho.  A bi-lingual spirit, flowed from #BlackJesus as she touched the hem of his garment. 

Veronica was made whole, but #BlackJesus was now behind schedule because of the distraction.  Little Celeste was believed to be dead.  Folks at the house needed Hope to get them out of grieving and back to believing.

“Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?”

 Aramaic is believed to have been the language recorded at Matthew 27:46 and Mark 15:34 when #BlackJesus cried out, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?”   Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. 

By Eric Stradford, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired, and Stephanie A. Walker Stradford

April 18, 2025 – In the midst of chaos and confusion over the future of the American family, there is good news from Mother Africa. Ka TUMELO re lelapa: By faith, we are family.

Good Friday ends the Lenten Season for 2.4 billion heirs of salvation. Each year, Jesus’ True Family celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion (DEIty) over a period starting Ash Wednesday and lasting for 40 days (excluding Sundays).

Select factions within The Black Church of Jesus The Christ have invested wisely in things hoped for, while others frantically react to perceived threats on their temporal existence.  Meanwhile, the Black Family has been asked to believe “trouble don’t last always” by religious leaders and government officials who deny #BlackJesus as undisputable evidence of things not seen. 

In the biblical context, “signs, wonders and miracles” refer to divine indicators of God's power and presence.  Approximately 37 phenomena are recorded in the four Gospels of Jesus The Christ.  These reports of “miracles” justify one’s own belief of God's intervention in human affairs.

The Gospel of Mark, captured faithfully by John Mark acting as Peter's scribe, records 18 miracles of Jesus. They include calming a storm, feeding 5,000 plus women and children, walking on water, and cursing a fig tree. 

While Mark did understand Jesus as the Son of God, he typically made sure that people understood his humanity as being a part of the unique personhood of Jesus. “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?” Then Jesus looked at those sitting around him. He said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!  My true brother and sister and mother are those who do the things God wants.”  Ka TUMELO re lelapa: By faith, we are family.

Mark’s report on Family, included in the fourth of seven last words of #BlackJesus, comforts the world’s historically disadvantaged.  In this Word of Abandonment,  'Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?' -- which means, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ Jesus was fully God and fully human at the same time.  He was not some less powerful demigod as the Romans or Greeks would have understood. He had and has the attributes of God and humanity fully expressed and fully powered. 

Mark was believed to have been born in or around 5 AD in Cyrene. Perhaps by coincidence, or family relation, Mark records at 15:21, the role of another brother from Cyrene. 

“There was a man from Cyrene coming from the fields to the city. The man was Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus. The soldiers forced Simon to carry the cross for Jesus.”  According to the Coptic tradition, Cyrene is a city in the Pentapolis of North Africa, which is now Libya. Aristopolus was believed to be his father, and his mother’s home was believed to be in Jerusalem, which served as a center for Christian life.  

Aramaic is believed to have been the Afroasiatic language recorded at Matthew 27:46 and Mark 15:34 when #BlackJesus cried out, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?”   Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They include Arabic, Amharic, Tigrinya, Aramaic, Hebrew, Maltese, and numerous other ancient and modern languages. These languages are spoken by more than 330 million people across much of West Asia, North Africa, and parts of the Horn of Africa. Semitic languages are divided into three major branches: East Semitic, West Semitic, and South Semitic.

The Semitic languages of Ethiopia are believed to have been influenced by a range of Cushitic languages, and vice versa. 

While the Chadic and Cushitic languages are diverse and poorly studied, the Semitic languages have a more well-studied history and are part of a wider linguistic family called Hamito-Semitic.

To understand the languages Jesus might have used on the cross, it’s crucial to picture the linguistic melting pot that was first-century Judea within a broader dynamic of “family migration” by Noah’s sons Shem, Ham and Japeth.

The primary languages in the region studied as Judea were:

Aramaic: This was the vernacular language, the language of the people. It was the everyday tongue spoken in Galilee, where Jesus grew up, and likely the language he used most often in his daily life.

Hebrew: While no longer the primary spoken language, Hebrew remained the language of religious scholarship, the synagogue, and the sacred scriptures. Educated individuals, especially those involved in religious life, would have been familiar with it.

Greek: Following Alexander the Great’s conquests, Greek had become the lingua franca of the eastern Mediterranean, the language of commerce, administration, and higher education. Many people in Judea, particularly those in urban areas, would have been able to understand and speak Greek.

Latin: While less common, Latin was the language of the Roman administration and the military. It’s plausible that some individuals, particularly those who interacted with Roman officials, would have had some knowledge of Latin.

Followers might note here, the number of languages natively spoken in Africa is variously estimated at between 1,250 and 2,100, and by some counts at over 3,000.  In every generation, the Free African must reclaim his or her own value. 

Ka TUMELO re lelapa: By faith, we are family.

A kingdom that fights against itself cannot continue. And a family that is divided cannot continue.  And if Satan is against himself and fights against his own people, then he cannot continue. And that is the end of Satan.