prayed and sang along during a special service Saturday evening at St. James AME Church. The congregation of the oldest Black church in Denton had to wait for nearly two years to worship inside ...

Generations of Black families in Denton have been baptized, married and sent home to glory at St. James AME Church in Denton. In March, the congregation pulled the furniture out of its historical ...

ST. JAMES AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL (AME) CHURCH evolved from a small prayer meeting in 1894 to become one of the city's leading AFRICAN-AMERICAN churches. After attending a revival at ST. JOHN'S ...

meeting in a building across the street from the church's current location, 516 North St. The society evolved into St. James AME Church in 1867, and in 1875, the Rev. Spotswood Rice directed ...

The current St. James AME Church building has presided from its hill on Hildebrand Street over Asheville’s predominantly African American East End neighborhood for nearly a century. Although the ...

This story has been edited to correct pastor Juliet Kent-Hemphill's email address. For the volunteers of The People's Shelter at St. James AME Church, the needy who come into the shelter are family.