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 ...
(RNS) — When the Rev. Carieta Cain-Grizzell reached age 75, she had expected to retire after a lifetime as an African Methodist Episcopal Church member who became a pastor of several of its churches.
(RNS) — The African Methodist Episcopal Church announced a settlement agreement with a number of its clergy who had sued the ...
African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church announces a settlement with retired ministers who sued over withheld pension disbursements following former retirement services executive embezzlement scandal.
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 ...
When African Methodist Episcopal Bishop Reginald T. Jackson was a student at Turner Theological Seminary in Atlanta a bishop once told students that “Georgia is for Georgians.” Jackson, a native of ...
The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they created a ...