Douglass never returned. Instead, he joined a local branch of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, a Black denomination that was formed in New York City in 1821.

The City of Belton said Mt. Zion has been "a place of worship and community gathering for generations," having been built in ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A somber sound rings out over downtown each day as Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church's gothic bell tower chimes nine times. One toll for each of the nine Black worshippers ...

Reedy Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church is often referred to as the Mother Church of Texas, a place where the enslaved would gather to worship. "When you walk into Reedy Chapel, there's a ...

I have a 14-year-old son. We are white. His father is a staunch agnostic. I, on the other hand, was a practicing Roman ...

Bishop Dewayne Anthony Walker of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church said the pain of the 2015 mass shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston still feels fresh. “I was horrified.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Joe Biden will be attending a Juneteenth celebration at a historic African Methodist Episcopal church in Galveston, Texas. The former Democratic president’s plans ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., June 29.--The uncertainty of life was demonstrated to a large congregation of members of St. James's African Methodist Episcopal Church to-night, when the Rev. Joseph S ...

Written by a former reporter for The New York Times, this masterpiece of narrative nonfiction tells the story of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in Charleston, S.C., “the ...

This past Sunday, Members of the British Methodist Episcopal Church – Grace Centre of Owen Sound held a ceremony and ...