Denton Record-Chronicle

Denton’s oldest Black church, St. James AME, turns 150

St. James AME Church, the oldest Black church in Denton, is celebrating a milestone this weekend as it reaches a century and ...

Last church standing in Hillcrest is beacon of activism

Decades into industrial encroachment, a relocation program and now a proposed desalination plant, one church remains standing in Hillcrest.
The Philadelphia Tribune

Her place in history: Rev. Carolyn C. Cavaness looks back on first year as Mother Bethel AME Church’s first female pastor

Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church near 6th and Lombard streets in South Philadelphia, still stands more than two centuries after the property was purchased in 1791. The street in ...
Post and Courier

Members of Mt. Zion AME in Charleston wonder where renovation money has gone

CHARLESTON — When Polly Sheppard walked into Mt. Zion AME Church last year, she felt a jolt of surprise. Old pews and historic woodwork were conspicuously missing from the renovated holy space. She ...
Johnson City Press

Heritage Alliance outlines long path ahead for AME Zion Church

The Town of Jonesborough and the Heritage Alliance are moving toward a spring closing on the historic AME Zion Church as ...