The first African-American female bishop elected to the United Methodist Church’s Southeastern Jurisdiction has been assigned to the Richmond area. The Rev. Sharma D. Lewis, who was elected ...

At 31 years old, she is one of only 99 women ordained as a priest under the age of 35 in the Episcopal Church ... to designing the new church logo, or being another shoulder to lean on ...

Only in Newsday Sources: Detective owns LI home where body was found in pool A member of the task force that searched for homicide suspect Matthew Zoll last November owns the East Shoreham home ...

Africa Renewal described this as “a pivotal moment for the country and Africa.” In addition, the African Union's inclu-sion in the group during the G20 Summit in 2023 well-positions the two entities ...

The names on its windowsill plaques are of Kingston’s foundational black families. Its baptismal font was given in memory of George Henry Sharpe, a general whose pioneering intel gathering greatly ...

“Getting to know the work, to know the people, to know the needs – all of that is forming,” said Bishop Brookins, recently elected as 141st Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Brookins, ...

The Catholic Church has recognized non-Christian saints, such as King Melchizedek from the Old Testament, included in the Roman canon. Could the same be imagined for African ancestors? This ...

The Episcopal Church lost a little over 61,000 members in 2020 and saw a decline in worship attendance even before the pandemic lockdowns occurred, according to data released by the denomination. The ...

Their numerical presence in the Church has grown from about 300,000 in 1940 to 3 million today, outnumbering one of the oldest historical black churches, the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

The mayor, 78, is at the tail end of her career but can expect to ...

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