will take his place in history as one of our longest-serving active bishops,’ said AME Zion Church’s board of bishops. (RNS) — Bishop George Edward Battle Jr., an advocate for education and ...

Richard Allen, born into slavery near Smyrna, rose to found the AME Church and promote rights for African Americans. Some of his most notable achievements are illustrated in a new mural unveiled ...

Global trailblazer Rev. Dr. Joan Louise Wharton retires after 39 years of pastoral leadership in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

The Board of Bishops of The A.M.E. Zion Church released a statement explaining that Battle ... In 1992, Battle was consecrated as bishop and led different regional bodies of the denomination until ...

It’s a triumph of the human spirit.” Rosato researched Allen including interviews with biographers and AME Church representatives, and he visited sites connected to Allen in Philadelphia ...

will take his place in history as one of our longest-serving active bishops,” the AME Zion Church’s board of bishops said in ...

Battle was 84th in the line of succession at the AME Zion Church. His obituary said he was assigned to the Piedmont Episcopal District until his retirement in 2021. Born on May 14, 1947 ...

elevated concerns about the Waverly project and a separate development deal about a football stadium to the AME Church's international Council of Bishops in November, emails show. That council ...

Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline has been elected president of the French bishops’ conference, succeeding Archbishop Éric de Moulins-Beaufort as the Catholic Church in France continues responding to ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An NFTA box truck crashed into Buffalo’s Historic Bethel AME Church on Monday morning. The incident occurred at 1525 Michigan Ave. A News 4 photographer was on the scene ...