...Presidents."The service at St. John's Episcopal Church captured the intended tone of the day: unity. Bishop Vashti McKenzie of the African Methodist Episcopal Church spoke in the blessing of "this new season of opportunity after conflicting...

CINCINNATI -- Preacher. Journalist. Author. Now add to Vashti McKenzie's resume a position never before filled by a woman in the long history of the nation's oldest black church: Bishop. The fiery...

...Methodist denomination are African-American -- and three are women. The move follows the election of the Rev. Vashti McKenzie as the first female bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1984, Leontine Kelly became the first African-American...