The defrocked bishop will pay $5,000 monthly payments while on house arrest to congregants of the African Methodist Episcopal ...

SALISBURY — The committee to elect Rev. Dr. Anthony N. Witherspoon for bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in 2024 hosted a North Carolina meet-and-greet event, “The Fire Starter,” ...

OAKLAND — A former African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church bishop pleaded guilty Tuesday to wire fraud, mail fraud and conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud for transferring church property deeds ...

A federal judge heard arguments over how much a former bishop must repay churches he defrauded out of millions through ...

OAKLAND — A former bishop and lay leader of an historically African American church have been charged in a scheme to defraud Bay Area congregations by obtaining $14 million in loans and mortgaging the ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — The first African-American church of Dayton, Zion Baptist Church, is celebrating 150 years of service since opening its doors. The church opened soon after the Civil War ended ...

Several people broke into a historic African American church in Maryland last month and left damage behind, Montgomery County police said. About 11 p.m. Nov. 25, the group forced its way into Scotland ...

POTOMAC, Md. (7News) — Hand built by church members from 1915 to 1924, Scotland A.M.E. Zion Church along Seven Locks Road in the Scotland community of Potomac, Maryland was the center of life for ...