Mother Emanuel is the largest African American church in Charleston and one of the oldest AME churches south of the ...

Moving into the church's 207th year, he provided the facts below. The AME denomination goes back to 1787, with the founder being Richard Allen. Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, and others were all ...

Ahead of Juneteenth, leaders of local, historic African American churches reflected on the importance of the church for the Black community in Decatur. Juneteenth commemorates the day that slaves in ...

In newly formed Black congregations, the famous abolitionist and others were able to live out their faith—and affirm their ...

When early Black church leaders like Richard Allen and Absalom Jones simply wanted to pray in the front of their church undisturbed, they sought to be seen in body and soul. When Sojourner Truth ...

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Hearing the commotion, Black Methodist preacher Richard Allen, a former slave, opened his eyes to see his friend, Absalom Jones, being forced from his knees. For Richard Allen, this was the last straw ...

Jerry Jones has become the center of attention again, this time after being photographed with a young blonde woman at a Texas bar. The images, which quickly went viral, have sparked speculation ...

Former NFL cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones is facing a new list of criminal charges in Northern Kentucky, jail records show. Jones was booked on June 7 into the Kenton County Jail on charges of ...

Jones’ church into a high-ranking position in the city’s budget office. The conflict came to a head in April — nine months before a report last week from the city auditor that raised ...