NEW YORK (RNS) — More than two dozen members of Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church, dressed as if for a Sunday service, filled a lower Manhattan courtroom Thursday morning (July 17) to attend ...

While many churches across America have ditched dressing up for service in favor of a come as you are policy, at the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church, the congregation’s new leader, the Rev ...

Abyssinian has ministered through the Harlem Renaissance Era, through the American Civil Rights Era, and, more recently, was the first church to collaborate with the government on COVID-19 efforts.

A “freeze the rent” rally featuring two lefty mayoral candidates was scheduled to take place Thursday night at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. That was, until plans changed the day before, ...

A federal judge has dismissed a gender discrimination lawsuit brought against Abyssinian Baptist Church by a onetime candidate to be the historic Harlem church’s senior pastor, the sole female ...

After not being named a finalist, Marshall Turman sued the church and the search committee for gender discrimination in December 2023. No woman has ever been senior pastor of Abyssinian, which was ...

Powell, pastor from 1937 to 1972, served in Congress for 26 years. Over the years, Abyssinian has been the spiritual home of many influential New Yorkers. ___ ...

For the church’s 218th Easter, we captured the essence of traditional Southern Baptist style, its deep East African roots, and the evolving interpretations of generational dressing.

On the C-SPAN Networks: Abyssinian Baptist Church (New York, NY) has hosted 2 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1995 Speech. Most appearances with Calvin O. Butts III (2).

NEW YORK (RNS) — The hearing marked the first step in a second lawsuit filed against the Abyssinian Baptist Church over the election of the Rev. Kevin R. Johnson.

Marshall Turman filed a lawsuit in December 2023 accusing Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York of sex discrimination for rejecting her application to become Abyssinian's senior pastor.

A federal judge has dismissed a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by a professor and minister who lost her bid to become the first woman serving as senior pastor of a prominent New York City ...