(RNS) — Among those elected during the meeting was Bishop Melanie Miller, the second and only living woman bishop in the historically Black denomination. (RNS) — The African Methodist Episcopal Zion ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- For decades, Sundays at Sandy Ground have always been respectfully reserved for family and for faith. Gathering in a small clapboard church on Bloomingdale Rd., dressed in ...

EASTOVER, S.C. — The South Carolina Department on Aging is working to help the Midlands' dementia and Alzheimer's community. Organizers said the department's Alzheimer's Resource Coordination Center ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Studies show Black Americans are four times more likely to develop kidney failure than White Americans. Health experts say a lack of awareness and underrepresentation in clinical ...

Preservation Buffalo Niagara (PBN) is in the midst of helping Centennial AME Zion Church to secure its landmark status. The church, located at 127 Doat Street – a couple of blocks from Bailey and ...

SPRINGFIELD — Gardner Memorial AME Zion Church will be hosting “Swords to Plowshares” on Saturday. Retired Bishop Reverend James E. Curry, representing Swords to Plowshares Northeast, will create ...

NEWTOWN BOROUGH >> The Rev. Sandra Reed, the spiritual heart and soul of St. Mark AME Zion Church on North Congress Street, is retiring after two decades as the church’s leader. Pastor Reed delivered ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Harlem, N.Y., hosts a voter registration drive in 2008. Federal prosecutors say ...

One hundred years ago a building for the Scotland African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion Church opened up. Now, members of the Second Century Project committee for the church on Seven Locks Road in ...

After some discussion about moving, Varick Memorial AME Zion Church is staying at its historic Dixwell Avenue location in New Haven. Families have gathered there for nearly 115 years, but the story of ...