(RNS) — The African Methodist Episcopal Church gathered in Columbus, Ohio, for its quadrennial meeting, consecrated six new bishops on Wednesday (Aug. 28) and voted to continue its ban on same-sex ...

When African Methodist Episcopal Bishop Reginald T. Jackson was a student at Turner Theological Seminary in Atlanta a bishop once told students that “Georgia is for Georgians.” Jackson, a native of ...

Durrell Cooper, chairman of the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, places a Pendleton prayer blanket around African Methodist Episcopal Bishop Silvester Scott Beaman, at Beaman's investiture ceremony as ...

(RNS) — Bishop Reginald T. Jackson, a leader of the African Methodist Episcopal Church who was known for his commitment to voting rights and other social justice issues, died on Tuesday (Nov. 25).

(RNS) — In a joint address, AME bishops called for the creation of ‘accountability measures for every elected and appointed leader within our church.’ (RNS) — The African Methodist Episcopal Church, ...