Bethlehem Seminary, AME pensions, Kanakuk Kamps, and Central Baptist Seminary
On this date at MinistryWatch: Bethlehem Seminary, AME pensions, Kanakuk Kamps, and Central Baptist Seminary
A group of New York clergy took more than a million dollars from a real estate developer who sought to turn distressed Black churches into lucrative properties, according to settlements with that state’s attorney general.
RNS - Bishop Vashti McKenzie, a recently retired bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, has been named the interim president and general secretary of the National Council of Churches, the ecumenical organization announced Tuesday ...
Retired African Methodist Episcopal Church pastors have filed at least three federal class-action lawsuits alleging the church mishandled tens of millions of dollars in pension funds.
AARP Foundation attorneys will act as co-counsel in a class-action lawsuit alleging the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church mishandled nearly $90 million in retirement funds, the organization said.
One of the nation’s largest Black Protestant denominations has stopped making payments to retired ministers on its pension plan, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
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‘We acknowledge the current controversy around Critical Race Theory and acknowledge that healing can only begin when the traumas of the past are recognized,’ the bishops said.
The bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church opened their denomination’s major meeting — a year after it was delayed due to the coronavirus — with a call for greater worldwide access to COVID-19 vaccines ...