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 ...

Bishop George Edward Battle Jr., the former head of The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, known for his championing of educational opportunities in North Carolina, has died at 77.

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 defendants in the December settlement are the annuity plan, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, AMEC Department of Retirement Services, AMEC General Board and AMEC Council of Bishops ...

PALESTINE, Texas (KLTV) - For the first time in over a decade, restoration of Mount Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church is now underway. Inside of a historic piece of African American history, ...