The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church is a historically black denomination within the broader context of Methodism. The group was organized on December 16, 1870 when several black ministers, with ...

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A United Methodist congregation in Washington, D.C., the church attended by President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Clinton, has changed its policy to recognize—but not “celebrate”—same-gender ...

The Rev. Maggie C. Banks has seen plenty in her nine years as pastor of Trinity Christian Methodist Episcopal, the oldest African-American church in Lafayette, and most of it has been joyful. But she ...

Anyone familiar with this blog probably has noted I have an interest in church bells. In the past, I have written about bells at First General Baptist Church, Saint Francis Hospital and St. Mary’s ...