The Philadelphia church became known as Mother Bethel, as other congregations sprang up across the country. The white Methodist Church remained unfriendly and worked to maintain as much control of ...

Richard Allen, born into slavery near Smyrna, rose to found the AME Church and promote rights for African Americans.

A massive fire destroyed a vacant church in the Kensington area of Philadelphia Friday morning. More than 100 firefighters battled the multi-alarm fire and managed to keep it from spreading to ...