Within the Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church’s 162-year-old brick walls is a venerable American history ...

Members of Chicago’s first Black church rose to help enslaved people achieve their freedom because they knew theirs hung in the balance.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Leaders with the Historic Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church are working to preserve the church for many years to come as it is such an important piece of ...

CHICO — Bethel African American Episcopal Church claims it is Chico’s oldest church and has a long history in the city. In 1858 Methodist Episcopal Church South was founded in Chico. In 1867, St.

On March 8, after six years of waiting, guests at Selma's Brown Chapel AME Church saw glimpses of restored beauty and history, and heard promises of much more to come this year.

© 2025 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. All Rights Reserved. Nearly 10 years ago, on the evening of June 17, 2015, a disturbed young high school dropout named ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is Pittsburgh's oldest Black church and the first AME church west of the Alleghenies. It was formed in 1808. The congregation started a ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- You’ve probably heard of the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. It stands on the corner of Michigan and Ferry in the city of Buffalo. What you know of bethel AME today ...

PALESTINE, Texas (KLTV) - For the first time in over a decade, restoration of Mount Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church is now underway. Inside of a historic piece of African American history, ...

Marysville’s Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church has been present in the Yuba-Sutter region for 170 years and never before held a community celebration honoring February as Black History ...

LEBANON, Ind. — Black history can be found in every nook and cranny of Indiana. People are working hard to preserve buildings that are part of the state’s Black history that are still standing. One of ...

The nation’s oldest black denomination will bring one of the nation’s oldest national gatherings to St. Louis July 4-11. More than 30,000 conventioneers are expected to descend upon Downtown St. Louis ...