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

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

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.

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 AME Church Episcopal Assignments (2016-2020) which specifies the assignments for each of the church’s 21 bishops. On July 13, the AME Council of Bishops assigned Bishop Harry L. Seawright ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...