A former bishop and president of The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church has pleaded guilty to defrauding several ...

Staccato Powell, a former bishop for the denomination's western district, convinced five California AME Zion pastors to sign ...

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

Kirkland was elected a bishop in the AME Church in 1996 and was assigned to the 17th Episcopal District encompassing African nations Zaire, Zambia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Malawi and Zimbabwe.

Now, as the AME Church holds its General Conference through Aug. 28 in Columbus, ... Jackson will overseas the district for his last four-year term before mandatory retirement at 75. Credit: ...

Some ministers were awarded churches for the first time, and veteran preachers were reassigned during the Washington Conference of the Second Episcopal District of the AME Church, which includes ...

District Attorney Fani T. Willis of Fulton County is set to deliver an inspiring address at the historic Big Bethel AME Church’s Martin Luther King Sunday service on January 14, 2024, at 10 am ...

Bethel AME Church wants reparations after Lower Hill's urban renewal 02:04. PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - As development continues in the Lower Hill District, a church displaced and destroyed by the urban ...

Bethel AME, Penguins reach agreement 02:17. More than 60 years ago, a historic Black church was forced to give up its sanctuary, compensated for what it says was a fraction of its value, to an ...