A former bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church pleaded guilty in connection with a scheme using church ...

Staccato Powell, a former bishop for the denomination's western district, convinced five California AME pastors to sign over deeds to their churches in order to enrich himself.

The bishop took out loans on African Methodist Episcopal Zion churches in San Jose, Oakland, Palo Alto, prosecutors said.

Amid fallout from a local pastor's traffic stop Bartow's city manager and police chief discuss changes, some already ...

A former bishop with an African-American Christian denomination pleaded guilty Tuesday to wire fraud, mail fraud, and conspiracy charges related to a widespread scheme to seize control of church ...

In the case of the Palo Alto church at 3549 Middlefield Road, Powell in 2017 told the pastor that the location would be used as collateral to help the Sacramento location pay off some debts. Powell ...

Officers told him Pastor Don’Tavius Sanders was pulled over for a broken license plate light, but he says the stop quickly ...

During an annual tea party, speeches, laughter, food, singing and raffles starred at the historic Bethel AME Church in ...

Dear Evanston Own It, With deep love and gratitude, I write this letter to celebrate and thank you for a decade of unwavering ...

Black Churches often skirt between engaging with White politicians while also holding them accountable for their politics ...

And it was when now Bishop John Richard Bryant returned from his pastorate in Boston to assume leadership at the renowned Bethel AME Church in Baltimore that her ministry officially began. His ...

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