There he founded an African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church he called Bethel, "House of God." In time, St. Thomas's congregation became composed primarily of the black elite, while Bethel ...

The Rev. Carolyn Cavaness stood at the pulpit of the oldest African Methodist Episcopal church in ... the new pastor of the historic Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church, but also the first woman to ...

NOT LONG AFTER, A GROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICANS BROKE AWAY FROM THE LARGER METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN BALTIMORE AND FORMED THE BETHEL FREE AFRICAN SOCIETY, A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD WORSHIP FREE ...

The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is awarding $8.5 million in ...

In a former blacksmith’s shop, he started Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, which grew to more than 1,000 members in just under 20 years. “To establish Bethel’s independence from ...

Built in 1868, the Little Bethel Church was Monroe County's first African Methodist Episcopal Church. "The actual structure here was built by soldiers coming back from the war USCT soldiers ...

click image for close-up A portrait of Jarena Lee, the first woman to preach from the pulpit of Richard Allen's Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, was painted from life for the ...

There will be an annual Men’s Breakfast at Bethel’s Crown Point Campus from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. March 15. Those in attendance will enjoy food, brotherhood, and encouragement in the connection with ...

Bethel Church: 10202 Broadway — There will ... Carter Memorial Christian Methodist Episcopal Church: 635 W. 49th St. — The church will have coffee & conversation every Tuesday and Thursday ...