Mar. 4—The Rev. Jeremiah Parks is six months into his first full-time pastorship at Mount Calvary Baptist Church, 507 Plum St. The 30-year-old Parks, a Cleveland, Ohio, native, comes from a family of ...

The Rev. April Bell loved going to church services while growing up, but she never really thought about entering ministry — let alone leading the congregation at the church she attended as a child.

AME Church officials claim Parks as a member of their denomination, but other churches have paid her tribute, most notably the Washington National Cathedral with a new stone carving of Parks. In the ...