Home›Sources›AME Church Facing Multiple Lawsuits, Over $90 Million Missing From AME Pension Funds (Black Enterprise, 2022)SourcesAME Church Facing Multiple Lawsuits, Over $90 Million Missing From AME Pension Funds (Black Enterprise, 2022)Derek Major, Black Enterprise, 8 April 2022Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "AME Church Facing Multiple Lawsuits, Over $90 Million Missing From AME Pension Funds (Black Enterprise, 2022)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/blackenterprise-2022-ame-pensionlawsuits.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). AME Church Facing Multiple Lawsuits, Over $90 Million Missing From AME Pension Funds (Black Enterprise, 2022). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/blackenterprise-2022-ame-pensionlawsuitsCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-ame-church-facing-multiple-lawsuits-over, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {AME Church Facing Multiple Lawsuits, Over $90 Million Missing From AME Pension Funds (Black Enterprise, 2022)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/blackenterprise-2022-ame-pensionlawsuits}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXAn 8 April 2022 Black Enterprise article by Derek Major reporting that federal class-action lawsuits filed by retired African Methodist Episcopal Church pastors alleged the denomination's pastoral pension fund, valued at about 126 million dollars the previous year, had lost more than 90 million dollars through investments the suits describe as irresponsible, affecting more than 5,000 retirees.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (11 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2Tier 2: an 8 April 2022 article by Derek Major for Black Enterprise, a national magazine covering Black business and public affairs, read directly, reporting that at least three federal class-action lawsuits by retired African Methodist Episcopal Church pastors alleged the denomination's pastoral pension fund, valued at about 126 million dollars the previous year, had lost more than 90 million dollars, about 70 percent of its value, through investments the suits describe as irresponsible. A named-byline national outlet's direct reporting on freshly filed federal litigation, not the court filings themselves and not yet a judicial finding of fact.CitationAuthorWell-attestedDerek MajorPublisherWell-attestedBlack EnterprisePublication YearWell-attested2022URLWell-attestedhttps://www.blackenterprise.com/ame-church-facing-multiple-lawsuits-over-90-million-missing-from-ame-pension-funds/Source TypeWell-attestednews featureCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church, Denominations Well-attested This source names African Methodist Episcopal Church directly: "class-action lawsuits filed by retired African Methodist Episcopal Church pastors alleged the denomination's pastoral pension fund, valued at about 126 million dollars the previous year, had lost..."Source AME Church Facing Multiple Lawsuits, Over $90 Million Missing From AME Pension Funds (Black Enterprise, 2022)Derek Majortier 2Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.Denominations, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested9DenominationsAfrican Methodist Episcopal ChurchSourcesAME Church Facing Multiple Lawsuits, Over $90 Million Missing From AME Pension Funds (Black Enterprise, 2022)Holds1SourcesAME Church Facing Multiple Lawsuits, Over $90 Million Missing From AME Pension Funds (Black Enterprise, 2022)General References1DenominationsAfrican Methodist Episcopal ChurchComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year