The AME bishops, in their written address to the General Conference, seemed to question whether a committee could settle on acceptable changes to church doctrine on LGBTQ matters, saying, in part ...

AME Church delegates name six new bishops while retaining same-sex marriage ban by Religion News Service August 31, 2024 August 31, 2024. Share this: ...

Black Churches often skirt between engaging with White politicians while also holding them accountable for their politics ...

Founded in 1796 and long known as the “Freedom Church,” the AME Zion Church, which McKain said has 1.2 million members, aims to return to the mission at its roots through this year’s focus ...

The oldest Black Protestant denomination in the U.S. held an investiture ceremony for its new bishops' council president in ...

Among the retiring bishops are McAllister’s father, Bishop Julius H. McAllister Sr., Senior Bishop Adam J. Richardson Jr., former senior pastor of Bethel AME Church in Tallahassee, who was ...

The Council of Bishops called for an "immediate and permanent ceasefire." The American Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church Council of Bishops has urged the United States to withdraw financial support ...

In 2019, he renewed calls for a hate crime law in Georgia when a white teenage girl was arrested for planning an attack on an AME church in Gainesville and again the next year after the shooting ...

Retired AME bishop Gregory G.M. Ingram, who previously oversaw the church’s First Episcopal District, which covers much of the northeastern United States, agreed to pay back $600,000 in ...

The AME Church sued Harris after an independent investigation claimed that he and others embezzled money from the retirement accounts. Cain-Grizzell, who retired in September 2021, said she recalled ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The 51st Quadrennial Session of the General Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church met from July 6-10, 2021, at the West Concourse of the Orange ...

The AME bishops, in their written address to the General Conference, seemed to question whether a committee could settle on acceptable changes to church doctrine on LGBTQ matters, saying, in part ...