The Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem has filed a motion through its attorneys to dismiss a lawsuit filed in October by four current and/or former church members who are seeking to overturn the ...

More than a hundred people filled a stretch of West 138th Street in Harlem Sunday for a block party to celebrate the opening of Abyssinian Baptist Church’s new Dr. Calvin O. Butts III Educational and ...

A search committee previously sued for gender discrimination over its hiring process has announced its pick for the next senior pastor of a prominent New York City congregation considered by some to ...

*As we reported earlier, Roberta Flack, the beloved Grammy-winning singer celebrated for her soulful hits like “Killing Me ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This April 2, 2025 photo provided by the Abyssinian Baptist Church shows the exterior of the Abyssinian Baptist Church, one of the ...

A federal judge has dismissed a gender discrimination lawsuit brought against Abyssinian Baptist Church by a onetime candidate to be the historic Harlem church’s senior pastor, the sole female ...

The congregation at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York, selected the Rev. Kevin Johnson, pastor of Dare to Imagine Church in Mount Airy, as its senior pastor on Sunday. Johnson is scheduled ...

New York’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church has elected its new senior pastor, likely bringing an end to a national search to replace the late Rev. Calvin O. Butts, who had served the church for a ...

Dessoff joins forces with the Cathedral Choir of Abyssinian Baptist Church in a performance of this enduring masterpiece, Elijah, at Abyssinian’s landmark location in Central Harlem. Featuring Davone ...

NEW YORK — A federal judge has dismissed a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by a professor and minister who lost her bid to become the first woman to serve as senior pastor of New York City's ...