(RNS) — The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, the senior pastor of New York’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church, who followed in the footsteps of prominent Black ministers and paved his own path of ...

HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- Members of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem held their first Sunday service without the longtime pastor, Reverend Dr. Calvin Butts, who died on Friday. New York City ...

HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, the senior pastor at Abyssinian Baptist Church and a Harlem mainstay, was remembered as an incredibly influential figure in New York City after he ...

Behind the opaque process that just selected the next pastor at Abyssinian Baptist Church. By Ginia Bellafante Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem and one of its most well-known members have been ...

NEW YORK-- A prominent Black church in Manhattan is being sued for gender bias by a woman who sought to be its senior pastor. A new lawsuit in federal court accuses Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem ...

NEW YORK-- Abyssinian Baptist Church opened its doors to those who wanted to pay their respects to the late Rev. Dr. Calvin Butts. Visitors and members spent Thursday at the historic church sharing ...

Over its 215-year history, the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City has earned a reputation as the flagship of the Black church in America. Based in Harlem, it became a famous megachurch with ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Abyssinian Baptist Church has suspended pre-registration for attending ...

The Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem has filed a motion through its attorneys to dismiss a lawsuit filed in October by four current and/or former church members who are seeking to overturn the ...

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 scheduled ...

Butts Wants Police to Rein in ‘Savages’ in the Department Rev Calvin O Butts III, pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, and other black leaders demand that city adopt changes in policing to ...