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.

A sanctuary and a refuge is what church is supposed to feel like. At its best, a house of worship is a place where a stranger ...

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 ...

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 ...

During an annual tea party, speeches, laughter, food, singing and raffles starred at the historic Bethel AME Church in ...

Bishop David Zubik was the one who appointed the Rev. Michael Sedor as a priest in the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, so the bishop’s retirement was like the end of an era in Sedor’s career. The new ...

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

"The priests of the diocese, of any diocese, are the heart and the soul of the bishop and the heart and the soul of the ...

and listening to music. Over the years he has climbed the highest peaks in the U.S., record for speed ascent and descent of ...