NEW YORK — Controversy continues over the recent appointment of a new senior pastor at Harlem's historic Abyssinian Baptist Church. The search had been ongoing since the late Rev. Dr. Calvin Butts III ...

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 ...

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 ...

This April 2, 2025 photo provided by the Abyssinian Baptist Church shows the exterior of the Abyssinian Baptist Church, one of the most prominent churches in the Harlem neighborhood of New York.

New York’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church has elected its new senior pastor, likely bringing an end to a national search to replace the late Rev. Calvin O. Butts, who had served the church for a ...

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 ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul used a speech at a Sunday church service honoring Martin Luther King Jr. to shamelessly grandstand against ...

Republican gubernatorial hopeful Bruce Blakeman roasted Gov. Kathy Hochul for praising Manhattan’s top prosecutor and saying ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, who welcomed generations of worshippers as well as political leaders from across the nation and around the world at Harlem’s landmark Abyssinian Baptist ...

*As we reported earlier, Roberta Flack, the beloved Grammy-winning singer celebrated for her soulful hits like “Killing Me Softly With His Song” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” passed away ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by a professor and minister who lost her bid to become the first woman to serve as senior pastor of New York City's ...