Richard Allen, born into slavery near Smyrna, rose to found the AME Church and promote rights for African Americans. Some of his most notable achievements are illustrated in a new mural unveiled ...

The mural in memory of Richard Allen unveiled March 14, 2025 in Smyrna features some of the key moments in the life of the abolitionist and founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church ...

The AME denomination goes back to 1787, with the founder being Richard Allen. Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, and others were all members of St. George Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia ...

Radnor Township is hosting a wreath-laying ceremony Friday, Feb. 14, for AME Church founder Bishop Richard Allen, reports The ...

Mother Bethel AME Church of Philadelphia, which was established by AME Church founder Richard Allen in the 1790s, announced ...

Before Richard Allen founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church and became North America’s first Christian bishop of African descent and the namesake of Columbia’s Allen University, he ...

In 1794, Richard Allen founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first independent black denomination in the United ...

Before Richard Allen founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church and became North America’s first Christian bishop of African descent and the namesake of Columbia’s Allen University, he ...

A fire, a renovation, a revelation in the rafters. After a 2018 fire, Allen AME Church, which is in a section of Cape May that was once a center for Black civic life, was in dire straits. The ...

reverend patrick claiborne is the senior pastor of bethel ame church, a place that’s origins trace way back to 1785 with a young black preacher named richard allen, the founder of the ame church ...

Editor's note: This column was first published Feb. 6, 2022. The small stone church at 515 S. Sixth St. is one of the long-standing spiritual anchors for Yakima’s Black community. Bethel African ...