I think most of the major Black denominations, in terms of its membership, is divided,' said Bishop Reginald Jackson, leader ...

During the age of "new" imperialism at the turn of the century, several African American religious leaders like those in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church asserted that the major obstacle ...

click image for close-up Construction of Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, shown in this 1804 engraving, was completed in 1805. It replaced the original structure ...

including mostly Episcopal and Methodist members, but the majority of the blacks in the group favored uniting with the Episcopal Church. The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, one of the ...

The massacre shattered the peaceful calm of an evening Bible study and ended the lives of nine people who’d come to Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church to pray. Now a federal jury is ...

the former head of The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, known for his championing of educational opportunities in ...

He purchased his freedom and moved to Philadelphia where he founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church and was among the nation's leading abolitionists. But many Americans have never heard of ...

TRENTON, N.J., March 24. The greatest excitement still prevails in this city in relation to the Clinton-Avenue Methodist-Episcopal Church trouble. The congregation is determined to retain Rev.