RALEIGH, NC — September 14, 2026 — When national religious, moral and civil rights leader and Repairers of the Breach President Bishop William J. Barber II called out the Trump administration’s …
For generations, members of The A.M.E. Zion Church have carried their commitment to justice, freedom, equality, and service beyond the walls of the church and into the public square…
Beloved Zion, as The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, we affirm that voting is a sacred act of stewardship, a way we honor God’s image in every person and protect the communities entrusted…
Members of a diverse coalition of faith leaders and activists from across the nation, led by nationally renowned civil rights leader and Repairers of the Breach President Bishop William J. Barber II, were arrested Monday morning following a demonstration inside the Hart Senate Office Building...
What does it look like for a marginalized American to engage in a nation that has too many times proven itself unworthy of them, yet still meet each day armed with...
The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — born from the struggle of a people who knew what it meant to be stripped of legal standing, dignity, and the protection of the law — cannot be silent in the face of the...
“He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” – Micah 6:8 (NRSVue) …
Good evening, Servants of God, Join us in an Emergency Black Clergy Zoom Meeting and Call to Action following the Supreme Court's attack on Voting Rights. WHEN: Tuesday, May 5, 2026, 7:00 …
"You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them." – Exodus 20:4-5 …
“He shall judge between the nations and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nations shall not lift up sword against …
Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson invites congregations, pastors, and ministry leaders across the nation to embrace a timely and prophetic new work, Never Lost: The Black Church as God’s Ark of the…
The Board of Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church speaks today out of moral responsibility, not political partisanship. We are compelled to speak clearly in response to the…
The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, the Freedom Church, joins millions across this nation in condemning the horrendous murder of Charlie Kirk. Violence is never the answer. It destroys …
We write with grief and righteous indignation in response to the August 11th announcement by the President of the United States that the administration will...
In the wake of the U.S. Department of Labor ’s decision to pause the national Job Corps program , Morris Brown College in Atlanta has emerged as a beacon of support for hundreds of …
“Watch out that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For…
Winston Salem, July 2025 - At the 2025 Connectional Council Meeting, Bishop Brian R. Thompson Sr. was elected to serve as the President of the Board of Bishops. During his acceptance speech, he …
