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 ...

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 Board of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — There is so much history between the walls of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, which has hosted funerals for Rosa Parks and Frederick Douglass and opened its ...

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 ...

The bishops themselves acknowledged in their ... the retired senior pastor of First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los ...

Rev. William Lamar IV, pastor at Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, leads service in Washington on Sunday, March 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski) National ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...