NEW YORK — Controversy continues over the recent appointment of a new senior pastor at Harlem's historic Abyssinian Baptist Church. The search had been ongoing since the late Rev. Dr. Calvin ...

Harlem couple Tommie and Mara Porter are seeking justice from the Bronx District Attorney’s office after a deacon at their beloved Abyssinian Baptist Church allegedly defrauded them out of ...

A group of Ethiopian merchants and free African-Americans established the first Abyssinian Baptist Church on Worth Street in 1808 after refusing to accept segregated services in downtown’s First ...

(RNS) — The introduction to online worship services at Abyssinian Baptist Church still briefly features the church’s previous pastor, two months after a new leader entered the pulpit.

Founded in 1808, Abyssinian Baptist Church remains one of the oldest Black Baptist churches in the nation with more than 215 years of history and impact in the New York community, according to the ...

A group of congregants at the influential Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem is asking a New York state court to void the election of a new pastor who just took over the historic Black church ...

Typically, church drama doesn’t reach the courts, but a group of congregants at Harlem’s influential Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City has filed a petition with a New York state court ...

Butts before being named. The historic New York Abyssinian Baptist Church has finally elected its new senior pastor following the extensive nationwide search for a replacement for the late Rev ...

Instead of a traditional funeral, her family has organized a public “Celebration of Life” memorial service, which took place on March 10, 2025, at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem ...

The congregation at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York, selected the Rev. Kevin Johnson, pastor of Dare to Imagine Church in Mount Airy, as its senior pastor on Sunday. Johnson is ...