Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rev. Quavon Newton greeting everyone in attendance during the Community Day at St Stephen AME on Aug. 26, 2023. ASBURY PARK - ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Following the end of the Civil War, a request to have the Black Chaplain of the Union Army preach at Front St. Methodist Church was denied. As a result, the African American ...

ASBURY PARK - Rev. Quavon Newton believes he might be able to break Rev. Derinzer Johnson's record. Johnson was pastor of St. Stephen AME Zion Church for 31 years, but Newton, who began working at the ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - St. Stephen AME Church announced on Friday, June 30, that in collaboration with the Howe Scholarship Endowment and N.C. Community Foundation, a recipient has been selected ...

GEORGETOWN, S.C. (WCIV) -- Fire officials say an investigation has been completed on a church fire -- damage done to the structure was too severe to determine a cause. Greater St. Stephen AME was ...

ASBURY PARK - Stephanie Thompson, 75, has attended St. Stephen AME Zion Church since she was 2 years old. She enjoyed the work of the previous pastor, who retired last year after 31 years on the job.