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Vashti Murphy McKenzie, the first woman to be elected as a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, will retire from active ministry at the AME general conference in July. She currently leads ...

When Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie, the first female bishop of the AME Church, and her daughter Joi-Marie McKenzie, we surprised them with questions to ask one another. The mother and daughter ...

Delegates to the general conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church elected the Rev. Vashti McKenzie of Baltimore to one of four bishop positions. “Because of God’s favor ...