African Methodist Episcopal Church to Use CTCA's Cancer Training Program

ZION, Ill. and MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and Cancer Treatment Centers of America will be working together to establish and train cancer-focused healthcare lay ministries in the AME Church's 6,200 congregations around the world. This major new initiative was announced at this week's AME Church's Annual Seminar in Birmingham, Ala. The AME Church, one of the largest African-American churches in the United States with more than 2.5 million members, has a long history of ministering to both the physical and spiritual well-being of its members. Moreover, cancer in particular exacts an especially heavy price among African Americans. African-Americans have the highest mortality rate of any ethnic or racial group in the United States for all cancers combined and for most major cancers, according to the American Cancer Society.

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