Vashti Murphy McKenzie is the first female bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and a symbol of the evolving changes in the ministry and the church’s mission. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.

On Easter Sunday at two local Episcopalian Churches, the cross will be transformed from a symbol of death to a sign of life and bells will ring out during the choruses of alleluias. “On Good ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — There is so much history between the walls of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church ... the court gave the church use of the group’s name and symbols — seen on its ...

Adorned with etchings of the apostles and biblical symbols like eagles ... “It fit by a millimeter,” Rev. Wood said. St. John's Episcopal Church has their centennial bell installed in 1976.