The church building on Telegraph Avenue has sat empty since a 2023 fire. Mayor Barbara Lee was among those who spoke at the weekend ceremony.

Vaughn III is the senior pastor at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church and lives in Chula Vista.Who among us has not felt utter helplessness and despair when we witness the sight of people wh… ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Monday marks one year to the day that the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Oakland went up in flames. The church, which is commonly called FAME Oakland, is the ...

By Marcella Baietto, Alan Wheeler February 3, 2024 / 7:48 PM EST / CBS Philadelphia CONCORD TOWNSHIP, Pa. (CBS) -- The Spring Valley African Methodist Episcopal Church is celebrating a new chapter.

Tarrio also suggested the group now be renamed the "African Methodist Episcopal Boys." The church, which traces its origins to 1838, is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Now, after nearly a decade and more than $470,000 spent on restoration, the Spring Valley African Methodist Episcopal church reopened its doors Saturday as an African American history museum.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. In the mid-1800s, the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church became the center of the cultural, political and educational activities of Lafayette’s small Black community.

Big Bethel is the oldest African American congregation in the city of Atlanta. It was organized by enslaved African Americans who were barred from worshiping with white parishioners in 1847.