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African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
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African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Methodist denomination. It was founded in 1796 by black members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in New York City and was organized as a national body in 1821. The church operates in the United States, Africa, South America, and the West Indies and maintains Livingstone College in Salisbury, N.C. The U.S. membership of the church in 1998 was about 1.2 million, making it one of the largest African Methodist bodies.
BibliographySee D. H. Bradley, A History of the A.M.E. Zion Church (2 vol., 1956–70). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Eubanks Tucker was born in Baltimore, Maryland, became a
pastor in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion church in Arlington,
Virginia and was first admitted to the bar in West Virginia before
coming to Louisville in 1929. Academy of Political Science, Admiral Family Circle Islamic
Community, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Alcoholics Anonymous
World Services, The American Baptist Churches of Metropolitan N. Interestingly, these groups also carried the African
appellation: Union Church of Africans (1813), the African Methodist
Episcopal Church (1816), the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
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