Abyssinian Baptist, Adam Clayton Powell’s former church, sued by woman rejected as finalist for senior pastor role The credentials of Eboni Marshall Turman, a former assistant to the most recent ...

The Rev. Kevin R. Johnson, right, preaches during the Abyssinian Baptist Church’s annual Homecoming service on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, in Harlem, New York. (Video screen grab) ...

Abyssinian Baptist Church’s nonprofit development arm has played a critical role in the transformation of the neighborhood, but it has also become a target of critics.

Kevin R. Johnson, founding pastor of Dare to Imagine Church in Philadelphia, has been selected by a pulpit search committee to lead Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York, known by some as the ...

NEW YORK -- Rev. Dr. Calvin Butts, one of New York City's most prominent religious leaders, has died at the age of 73. He led Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church as senior pastor for more than 30 ...

LaToya Evans, a spokeswoman for the Abyssinian Baptist Church, said Valerie S. Grant, who chaired the search committee, declined to comment on the lawsuit and referred CNN to the church’s statement.

Candidate Kevin R. Johnson, founding pastor of Dare to Imagine Church in Philadelphia, will be recommended for the congregation’s approval to lead the more than 200-year-old Abyssinian Baptist ...

NEW YORK -- The Abssynian Baptist Church in Harlem held its first Sunday service without longtime leader Rev. Dr. Calvin Butts, who was one of the city's most significant religious figures. As ...

Members of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem will hold their first Sunday service without the longtime pastor, Reverend Dr. Calvin Butts, who died on Friday. Chantee Lans has more.

Abyssinian Baptist Church celebrated the loss of another legend earlier this month. (Reverend Dr. Calvin Butts, III, also passed last year.) The life of Patricia Pates Eaton was celebrated in a ...

Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem and one of its most well-known members have been ensnared in a seven-year saga, after a deacon hired to renovate another member’s house didn’t finish the job.

The Rev. Calvin Butts, the revered senior pastor at Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church and a compelling New York voice across three decades, died Friday, the church announced. Butts, 73, was … ...