A former bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church pleaded guilty in connection with a scheme using church ...

Staccato Powell, a former bishop for the denomination's western district, convinced five California AME pastors to sign over deeds to their churches in order to enrich himself.

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.

The AME is the first of three big African-American churches—the others are AME Zion and the ... The African Methodist Episcopal Church traces its roots to 1787 in Philadelphia at St George ...

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 ...

After decades of dedicated service to the Detroit faith community, Rev. Dr. Mickarl D. Thomas, Sr. will be honored in a ...

Vice President Kamala Harris thanked leaders of the African Methodist Episcopal Church for their support this week. TNS. Leaders of the AME church have been credited with helping play a key role ...

The African Methodist Episcopal Church Bishops Council says American financial assistance to help Israel fight its war in Gaza supports “mass genocide.” By Audra D. S. Burch and Maya King ...

ST. JAMES AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL (AME) CHURCH evolved from a small prayer meeting in 1894 to become one of the city's leading AFRICAN-AMERICAN churches. After attending a revival at ST.JOHN'S ...

Built in 1908, St. John AME’s sanctuary is an architectural marvel. “This is a building that was built by the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1908, the largest building project for ...

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