The Rev. Julius H. McAllister Jr., senior pastor of Bethel AME Church in Tallahassee, was confirmed as the 144 th elected bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Monday. The selection was ...

Durrell Cooper, chairman of the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, places a Pendleton prayer blanket around African Methodist Episcopal Bishop Silvester Scott Beaman, at Beaman's investiture ceremony as ...

NORTH CHARLESTON — The international African Methodist Episcopal Church will meet to install Bishop Paul J.M. Kawimbe as president of the Global Council of Bishops at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, at the ...

BENNETTSVILLE, S.C. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday launched a two-day tour of South Carolina, calling on voters across rural areas — some tucked in GOP strongholds — to exercise their ...

The African Methodist Episcopal Church, the United States’ oldest historically Black denomination, launched its General Conference on Tuesday with delegates expected to address racial issues such as ...

We, the Board of Bishops of The A.M.E. Zion Church, acknowledge with great sorrow the passing of our colleague and former Senior Bishop, Bishop George Edward Battle Jr., who passed away on yesterday, ...

When the African Methodist Episcopal Church, arguably the world’s largest independent Black Protestant denomination, held its quadrennial General Conference in Ohio in August, among the agenda items ...

If a predominantly African-American church could survive slavery and segregation, it has no excuse for giving up now. Bishop T. Larry Kirkland Sr. delivered that challenge to clergy and congregation ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. A black-and-white photograph of ...

University AME Zion Church singers and musicians perform “Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me)” by Casting Crowns in the Palo Alto church’s sanctuary on April 12, 2020. Photo by Magali Gauthier. A former ...

OAKLAND — A former African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church bishop pleaded guilty Tuesday to wire fraud, mail fraud and conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud for transferring church property deeds ...