African Methodist Episcopal Church, Methodist denomination (see Methodism Methodism, the doctrines, polity, and worship of those Protestant Christian denominations that have developed from the movement started in England by the teaching of John Wesley .
..... Click the link for more information. ). It was established in 1816 in Philadelphia with Richard Allen Allen, Richard, 1760–1831, American clergyman, founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. He was born a slave in Philadelphia. He became pastor of a black group that had seceded from the Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia.
..... Click the link for more information. as its first bishop. In 1991 there were about 3.5 million members in the United States.

African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME Church)

African American Methodist denomination formally organized in 1816. It originated with a group of black Philadelphians who withdrew in 1787 from St. George's Methodist Episcopal Church (see Methodism) because of racial discrimination and built Bethel African Methodist Church. In 1799 Richard Allen became minister of Bethel, and in 1816 he was consecrated bishop of the newly organized African Methodist Episcopal Church. Limited at first to the Northern states, the church spread rapidly in the South after the Civil War. It founded many colleges and seminaries, notably Wilberforce University (1856) in Ohio. In the late 20th century the church claimed 3,500,000 members and 8,000 congregations. Its headquarters are in Washington, D.C.

African Methodist Episcopal Church (redirected from African Methodist Episcopalian Church)

African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME Church)

African Methodist Episcopal Church
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