African Methodist Episcopal Church pastors challenging steep retirement plan losses received initial court approval for a pair of class settlements valued at $60 million.

click image for close-up Construction of Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, shown in this 1804 engraving, was completed in 1805. It replaced the original structure ...

several African American religious leaders like those in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church asserted that the major obstacle to liberty and equality in the United States and across the globe ...

Richard Allen, born into slavery near Smyrna, rose to found the AME Church and promote rights for African Americans.

NOT LONG AFTER, A GROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICANS BROKE AWAY FROM THE LARGER METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN BALTIMORE AND FORMED THE BETHEL FREE AFRICAN SOCIETY, A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD WORSHIP FREE ...

PALESTINE, Texas (KLTV) - For the first time in over a decade, restoration of Mount Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church is now underway. Inside of a historic piece of African American history, ...