North Carolina Conference AME Zion Christian Education

09/04/2026

BREAKING: Mixed berries shipped to 16 states have been recalled due to possible contamination with E. coli.

This recalled berries were shipped to select Walmart stores in 16 states including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin.

09/03/2026

Celebration time!! Happy Birthday to our New Bern District Director of Adults Rev. Donna Dove! We pray your day has been extra special!💙🙏🏽🎉💐

08/31/2026

Good Sunday Morning to you! It’s time for church…

St. Peter's A.M.E. Zion Church
National Register of Historic Places
Historic Downtown New Bern

St. Peter's current location was built in 1923 to replace the building lost to the Great Fire of 1922. It began as Andrew's Chapel and was affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church.

In 1863, a New Haven, Connecticut church sent Reverend James Walker Hood to New Bern as a missionary. He convinced the members of the St. Andrew's Chapel to become a part of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, and St. Peter's was established.

The first AME Zion Church in the south, and their Mother Church, St. Peter's stands proud today on Queen Street opposite Cedar Grove Cemetery.

Reverend Hood went on to become a Bishop in the church and was a founder of Livingstone College, a black college located near Salisbury, North Carolina.

08/30/2026