Judge dismisses gender bias suit by woman who lost bid to be top pastor of famed Black church
New York City, US AP A US federal judge has dismissed a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by a professor and minister who lost her bid to become the first woman to serve as senior pastor of New York City’s prominent Abyssinian Baptist Church. Rev Eboni Marshall Turman, a Yale Divinity School professor and former assistant […]
In the US, Philadelphia pastor elected to lead historic Black church in New York City
United States AP New York’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church has elected its new senior pastor, likely bringing an end to a national search to replace the late Rev Calvin O Butts, who had served the church for a half-century before his death in 2022. Rev Kevin R Johnson, the founder of the independent Dare to […]
Prominent Black church in New York sued for gender bias by woman who sought to be its senior pastor
United States AP Over its 215-year history, the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City has earned a reputation as the flagship of the Black church in America. Based in Harlem, it became a famous megachurch with the political rise of Rev Adam Clayton Powell, Jr, perhaps the most influential of the many men who […]
Calvin Butts, leader of Harlem’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church, dies at 73
United States RNS Rev Calvin O. Butts III, the senior pastor of New York’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church, who followed in the footsteps of prominent Black ministers and paved his own path of leadership in education, health and political circles, died on Friday, his church announced. “It is with profound sadness, we announce the passing […]
Black clergy, United Way to launch US anti-coronavirus effort
New York City, US AP Black clergy leaders are joining forces with the United Way of New York City for a new initiative designed to combat the coronavirus’ outsized toll on African Americans through ramped-up testing, contact tracing and treatment management. Details of the new effort, shared with The Associated Press in advance of its […]