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.

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 ...

“This is not a discovery. This is more than likely a distraction away from other matters, like the Epstein files,” said Rev. Earle Fisher, Pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church.