African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church announces a settlement with retired ministers who sued over withheld pension disbursements following former retirement services executive embezzlement scandal.

Bishop Reginald Jackson, a respected leader of the AME Church, has passed away at 71. He was a champion for social justice and empowerment.

Just weeks later, he walked into Charleston's Emanuel AME Church and gunned down nine black worshippers at a Wednesday evening Bible study. The tragedy succeeded in drawing the world's attention to ...

Bishop Reginald T. Jackson of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, a revered clergyman and civil rights leader who opposed ...

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 ...

A second lawsuit has been filed against the AME Church, alleging that the worldwide denomination’s retirement fund was mishandled, leading to an alleged loss of $90 million in retirement fund ...

(RNS) Two centuries later, members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church made another pilgrimage to Philadelphia for the denomination’s General Conference. PHILADELPHIA (RNS) Standing outside the ...

Six of the Emanuel AME Church murder victims will return to the venerable South Carolina house of worship for their wakes and funeral services. Two of the other black worshippers targeted by a racist ...

In 1858 A.W. Wayman, a leader of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, wrote that “if there never had been an AME church in this country, there would have been no place where we could have exercised ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Leaders with the Historic Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church are working to preserve the church for many years to come as it is such an important piece of ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A new effort to preserve historic Black churches in the United States has received a $20 million donation that will go to help congregations, including one that was slammed during ...

Site manager Moses Waldman, left, and architect Dennis Devino at the former St. John's AME Church on Pacific Avenue in Jersey City which is undergoing redevelopment. (Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey ...