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 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 ...

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, thanked leaders of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church for their support this week and told them she is determined to move ...

The nation’s oldest black denomination will bring one of the nation’s oldest national gatherings to St. Louis July 4-11. More than 30,000 conventioneers are expected to descend upon Downtown St. Louis ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama was in St. Louis on ...

Davis has selected Watley to be part of his district’s delegation to the upcoming AME General Conference where the denomination’s ban on same-sex marriage is expected to be debated — an issue Watley ...

BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) — Beckley hosted the 157th session of the Pittsburgh-West Virginia Annual Conference of the 3rd Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The event runs until ...

Under the leadership of Presiding Elder Rev. Dr. Grant Harrison, the 17 churches of the Sensational Salisbury District hosted its last Fifth Sunday Fellowship of the conference year, Sunday April 30, ...