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 ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Twelve new hymns were added to "Hymns for Home and Church" on Thursday, bringing the new book to a total of 72. Many of the newly added hymns are geared toward helping members of The ...

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 ...

TULSA, Okla. — On Thursday, Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church announced a nationally funded project that will be preserving the church as the only Black-owned property on Greenwood to survive ...

The Historic Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is the oldest African American Church in St. Petersburg. Photo by Leah Burdick. This month marks the 100th year of Black History Month. The ...

Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma is among a group of historic churches nationwide being awarded $1 million grants. The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, a program of the National Trust ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Mother Bethel AME Church, a landmark of American religious and cultural history, has been awarded a $1 million grant to support preservation and ongoing operations. The Society ...

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A pastor is sharing a message of resilience after her church in North Philadelphia was vandalized with racist graffiti over the weekend. Pastor Tianda Smart-Heath, from the Union Trinity AME Church at ...

Washington’s historic Metropolitan AME Church is considering an ambitious plan to help unhoused military veterans in D.C. by constructing a multilevel building with up to 27 “micro-unit” apartments ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — The sound of 117-year-old organ pipes flows along downtown Charleston streets each Sunday, marking the heartbeat of Mother Emanuel AME Church and its centuries-old mission of ...