African Methodist Episcopal Church Elects Its First Woman Bishop. Cheryl Heckler-Feltz in Baltimore. The stained glass ceiling has been pierced, says Vashti McKenzie. Christianity Today July 24, 2000.

Philadelphia, Pa -- Reverend Carol Cavaness made history as the first female pastor of Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. "Wow. This is what this feels like.

Reverend Lamar said the church's history continues by using the win to celebrate the same people the proud boys aim to intimidate. “I call it a karmic victory a karmic justice,” Lamar said.

Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church now owns the exclusive rights to the Proud Boys trademark, stripping them of the very name they rallied under," the Rev. William H. Lamar IV, said ...

Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church now owns the exclusive rights to the Proud Boys trademark, stripping them of the very name they rallied under,” the Rev. William H. Lamar IV, said ...