The bishop took out loans on African Methodist Episcopal Zion churches in San Jose, Oakland, Palo Alto, prosecutors said.

Former bishop Staccato Powell, who headed several AME Zion churches in the western U.S., will be sentenced in September for a scheme to leverage millions in loans at the expense of his congregations.

In the case of the Palo Alto church at 3549 Middlefield Road, Powell in 2017 told the pastor that the location would be used as collateral to help the Sacramento location pay off some debts. Powell ...

“The Council of Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church calls on the United States Government to immediately withdraw all funding and other support from Israel,” it read. “Since ...

Bishop Marvin C. Zanders, II and bishops for the AME Church gathered in Pasadena to offer their support to Eaton fire victims on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025.

The oldest Black Protestant denomination in the U.S. held an investiture ceremony for its new bishops' council president in Oklahoma City ...

With an activist agenda, she sees the church as the stabilizing force in the black community. The Rev. Vashti M. McKenzie made history this summer. On July 11, she was elected the first woman ...

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 ...

AME Church celebrates election here of its first female bishop — The Cincinnati Post (July 12, 2000) After 213 Years, A.M.E. Church Chooses a Woman as a Bishop — The New York Times (July 12, 2000) ...

And it was when now Bishop John Richard Bryant returned from his pastorate in Boston to assume leadership at the renowned Bethel AME Church in Baltimore that her ministry officially began. His ...

Among the retiring bishops are McAllister’s father, Bishop Julius H. McAllister Sr., Senior Bishop Adam J. Richardson Jr., former senior pastor of Bethel AME Church in Tallahassee, who was ...