The Council of Bishops called for an "immediate and permanent ceasefire." The American Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church Council of Bishops has urged the United States to withdraw financial support ...

(RNS) — The African Methodist Episcopal Church gathered in Columbus, Ohio, for its quadrennial meeting, consecrated six new bishops on Wednesday (Aug. 28) and voted to continue its ban on same-sex ...

(RNS) — Among those elected during the meeting was Bishop Melanie Miller, the second and only living woman bishop in the historically Black denomination. (RNS) — The African Methodist Episcopal Zion ...

The 80th Annual Central Conference of the AME Church, hosted by the Rev. Roderick Belin and Williams Chapel AME Church this past week, represents an alpha and omega experience for the Belin family. It ...

NORTH CHARLESTON — The international African Methodist Episcopal Church will meet to install Bishop Paul J.M. Kawimbe as president of the Global Council of Bishops at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, at the ...

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 ...

BENNETTSVILLE, S.C. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday launched a two-day tour of South Carolina, calling on voters across rural areas — some tucked in GOP strongholds — to exercise their ...

We, the Board of Bishops of The A.M.E. Zion Church, acknowledge with great sorrow the passing of our colleague and former Senior Bishop, Bishop George Edward Battle Jr., who passed away on yesterday, ...

When 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. Instead, the ...

(RNS) — The Rev. Jimmy Thorn was counting on a retirement spent enjoying time with and providing support for the next generations of his family. But Thorn, 79, one of some 4,500 clergy and staffers ...