World’s oldest historically Black denomination to gather 15,000 delegates and observers in Columbus, Ohio. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The 52nd Quadrennial Session of the General Conference of the African ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) and Plaintiffs (who represent a putative class of Plan Participants) have reached a contingent settlement agreement in the class action ...

Editor's note: To celebrate Black History Month, the Journal & Courier is featuring daily briefs about prominent Black community members in Tippecanoe County. LAFAYETTE, Ind. — In 1866, a year after ...

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 pews to ...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. In the mid-1800s, the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church became the center of the cultural, political and educational activities of Lafayette’s small Black community. In July ...

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church is founded. It becomes the first organized Black religious institution in San Diego. Solomon and Cordelia Johnson were instrumental in the forming the ...

The African Methodist Episcopal Church was a pillar of the Black community ever since it opened in 1880. After being burned down almost 30 years ago, the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Delaware ...

The Allen AME Legacy Committee, founded by East Lynne Theater Company of Cape May, will host a free program celebrating the ...

ATLANTA - It was a joyous Sunday morning at Sweet Auburn's Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church where a historical marker had just been erected. Big Bethel is the oldest African American ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. The Athens First African Methodist Episcopal Church community has been strong since ...

Crossroads AME is hosting two listening sessions to generate ideas for the property on July 14 and 30 from 6-8 p.m. at 3266 N. Meridian St.

A historic Black church in D.C. is now the owner of the Proud Boys’ trademark. The decision Monday comes years after members of the far-right group vandalized a Black Lives Matter sign in front of ...