FOX 29's Greg Payne reports on Mother Bethel, the nation’s oldest African Methodist Episcopal Church and a cornerstone of ...

Mark Tyler, historiographer and executive director of research and scholarship of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, ...

About 150 people rallied at Philadelphia’s President’s House site, demanding the National Park Service restore slavery ...

Furthermore, we endorse the advocacy of Bishop Samuel L. Green, Sr., and Rev. Carolyn Cavaness, in the State of the Black ...

Organizers see the Mother Bethel AME Church “Firstival” as a chance to amplify African American history while it’s being erased in other parts of Philadelphia and the U.S.

Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia is celebrating Black excellence during America's 250th ...

Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church has stood at 6th and Lombard Streets for more than 230 years.It is the oldest parcel of land continuously owned by African Americans in the United ...

Historians, faith leaders, politicians and tour guides denounced the federal government’s removal of the display, as the city ...

Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma is among a group of historic churches nationwide being awarded $1 million grants. The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, a program of the National Trust ...

(RNS) — One of the removed panels featured images of Richard Allen and Absalom Jones. Both born as enslaved persons, they were instrumental in starting their churches.

On a bitterly cold day afternoon last month, Patti LaBelle walks gingerly down Mother Bethel AME Church’s center aisle, her left hand grazing the top of each pew, steadying her balance. Half a dozen ...