African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
African Methodist Episcopal Church leaders call for halt to all US funding of Israel
By Adelle M. Banks — February 16, 2024
(RNS) — The statement comes in a week of continuing calls for cease-fire and humanitarian aid for the victims of the war that began on Oct. 7.
Half online, half in person: The state of Black churches now and possibly on Easter
By Adelle M. Banks — April 6, 2023
(RNS) — As Easter approaches, leaders of Black denominations use cautious language even as they hope for a resurrection in the numbers of people who return to the pews.
Bishop Mildred Hines, first AME Zion female bishop, dead at age 67
By Adelle M. Banks — May 24, 2022
(RNS) — ‘We will miss her powerful preaching, her electrifying teaching, her dynamic leadership, and her loving spirit,’ her fellow bishops said of the first and only female bishop in the denomination.
Former AME Zion bishop Staccato Powell charged with fraud in $14 million scheme
By Adelle M. Banks — January 26, 2022
(RNS) — Powell and a lay leader in the denomination were arrested and appeared in court on Tuesday.
Staccato Powell, disrobed as AME Zion bishop: pioneer or swindler?
By Adelle M. Banks — September 1, 2021
(RNS) — ‘All we are doing now is trying to save those congregations that are in bankruptcy court,’ said the denomination’s senior bishop.
AME Zion leader Staccato Powell removed as bishop after facing financial accusations
By Adelle M. Banks — July 29, 2021
(RNS) — ‘The Trial Committee recommended Bishop Staccato Powell be disrobed, meaning Bishop Staccato Powell would no longer be recognized as consecrated to the office of Bishop,’ read trial minutes.
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church celebrates paid-off debts at major meeting
By Adelle M. Banks — July 28, 2021
(RNS) — ‘Livingstone College, Hood seminary, and Clinton College — debts have all been satisfied,’ announced AME Zion Bishop George Edward Battle Jr.
Religious conference planning continues amid COVID-19, socially distant or online
By Adelle M. Banks — March 24, 2021
(RNS) — Religious conference planners are waiting to hear whether their meetings will go on as expected this year and contemplating how they will look as the pandemic continues.
Prominent bishop of AME Zion Church suspended, faces financial accusations
By Adelle M. Banks — January 8, 2021
(RNS) — A longtime ecumenical leader, Powell has been ordered to not represent the AME Zion Church in civic or ecumenical organizations.
Religious conference organizers cancel, monitor upcoming events in light of virus
By Adelle M. Banks — March 12, 2020
(RNS) — With reports of cases in the Washington metropolitan area and the pandemic declaration by the WHO, ‘there was no question anymore,’ one organizer said.
Black clergy walk a fine line between religious liberty, discrimination
By Adelle M. Banks — July 17, 2015
(RNS) Though several black denominations oppose same-sex marriage, many also object to religious exemptions in nondiscrimination laws.
Black churches offer scholarships to students at Michael Brown’s alma mater
By Elisa Crouch — January 14, 2015
WELLSTON, Mo. (RNS) The scholarships would cover four years’ tuition at colleges and universities operated by the AME, AME Zion and CME historically black denominations.
5 religious facts you might not know about Frederick Douglass
By Adelle M. Banks — June 19, 2013
(RNS) Frederick Douglass, whose seven-foot bronze statue was unveiled at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, is known as the father of the civil rights movement. But the 19th-century abolitionist and former slave was also a licensed preacher.
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