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African Methodist Episcopal Church
African Methodist Episcopal Church Methodist denomination (see Methodism ). It was established in 1816 in Philadelphia with Richard Allen as its first bishop. In 1991 there were about 3.5 million members in the United States. ... Read more
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
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... Read more
Episcopal Church
Episcopal Church Anglican church of the United States. Its separate existence as an American ecclesiastical body with its own episcopate began in 1789. Doctrine and Organization The Episcopal Church maintains that the Holy Scriptures are the ultimate rule of faith. Its symbols of doctrine... Read more
Richard Allen
Richard Allen 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. When the African Methodist Episcopal Church was organized nati... Read more
Church of England
Church of England the established church of England and the mother church of the Anglican Communion . Organization and Doctrine The clergy of the church are of three ancient orders: deacons, priests, and bishops. Except for the celebration of the mass and giving absolution, deacons have ... Read more
Church of South India
Church of South India Indian Protestant church, formed in 1947 by the merger of Anglican dioceses in India, Myanmar, and Ceylon (Sri Lanka); the Methodist Church of South India; and the South India United Church, which itself was formed in 1908 by a union of Congregationalists, Presbyterians, and D... Read more
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Evangelical United Brethren Church Protestant denomination created (1946) by the union of the Evangelical Church and the United Brethren in Christ. Both denominations originated early in the 19th cent. and had similarities in organization and polity. The Evangelical Church was begun by the evangeli... Read more
Henry Ossawa Tanner
Henry Ossawa Tanner 1859-1937, American painter, b. Pittsburgh; son of a bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. He studied with Eakins in Philadelphia and in Paris. Tanner made many trips to Palestine to obtain background for his religious paintings. His work is naturalistic, and the rel... Read more
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 . Early History John Wesley, his brother Charles, and George Whitefield , belonged to a group at Oxford that i... Read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke , 1747-1814, English clergyman and early bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America. After taking orders (1777) in the Church of England, he openly allied himself with the Methodists. He was president of the Irish conference in 1782 and two years later was ordained as superinten... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "African Methodist Episcopal Church"

African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Methodist denomination. It was founded...by black members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in New York City and was...national body in 1821. The church operates in the United...U.S. membership of the church in 1998 was about 1.2 million...making it one of the largest African ... Read more
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Methodist denomination (see Methodism ). It was established in 1816 in Philadelphia with Richard Allen as its first bishop. In 1991 there were about 3.5 million members in the United States. Read more
African American Religion
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...four million African Americans...providence, African Americans...their own churches in the post...establishment of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1816 under...became the African American Episcopal Zion Church...major black Methodist ... Read more
Colonization Movement, African
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...United States and that African Americans should therefore...slaves by proving that African Americans were self...1850s, arguing that African Americans could never...reliant nation along the African coast where free American...Douglass , a prominent African American leader, ... Read more
Richard Allen
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...was the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Richard Allen was born...Philadelphia to organize the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Richard Allen was chosen...national standing. The African Methodist Episcopal Church ... Read more
Henry McNeal Turner
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1834-1915), African American...bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, argued for African American...evangelist for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He...all-black African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), he... Read more
Methodism
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...In 1844 Methodists experienced...divided the Methodists with the formation of the African Methodist Episcopal church (1816) and the African Methodist Episcopal Zion church (1821). The...form the Methodist church. In... Read more
Hiram Rhoades Revels
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1822-1901), African American...to teach African Americans...minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Baltimore...Revels served African American...school for African American...chaplain to an African American...schools and churches for ... Read more
Randolph, A. Philip
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History ...the son of a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Randolph was raised in Jacksonville...participation in World War I, urged African Americans to resist being drafted...in the military. [See also African Americans in the Military... Read more
A. Philip Randolph
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...prominent of all African American trade...minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, A. Philip Randolph...edited ventures in African American journalism...belief that the African American can...become the first African American union... Read more

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African Methodist Episcopal Church
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH (AMEC), the first...organize the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church of Philadelphia...together to create the African Methodist Episcopal ... Read more
African-American religion
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions African-American religion. The...artificial scheme. The African dispersion has now mingled...than those of their African origin (thus black Muslims...independence (for the first African-American Church, see AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH ), ranging from ... Read more
Black Churches
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Black Churches. Apart from the ancient Churches of Nubia and Ethiopia , Black Churches originated in the 18th...among the descendants of African slaves in the United...In the South, Black Churches were restricted and sometimes...founded two influential churches in 1794; they were ... Read more
United Church of Christ
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST. Although the United Church of Christ (UCC) is a...Congregational Christian Church — itself the...Congregationalist and Christian churches — with the Evangelical and Reformed church — the product...and Evangelical ... Read more
Methodism
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...ministers and members by white Methodists led some African American Methodists to form their own churches, including the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1816 and the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church five years later. In 1843, ... Read more
Allen, Richard
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Allen, Richard (first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church): see AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH . Read more
AFMEC
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations AFMEC African Methodist Episcopal Church Read more
AMEZC
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations AMEZC African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Read more
Order of Ethiopia
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...Anglican Church in S. Africa...ordained Methodist minister...Ethiopian Church (see ETHIOPIANISM...drew this Church into the...the black African Methodist Episcopal Church in the USA...within the Church. Read more
Harris, William Wadé
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...Wadé ( c. 1860–1929), West African evangelist known as ‘Prophet Harris...belonged to the Glebo people of Liberia. Of Methodist background, he trained as a catechist in the Episcopal Church. In 1910, while imprisoned for anti-government... Read more

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Two black churches talk about merging.(Christian Methodist Episcopal Church)(African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 7/31/2002; 237 words ; ...Christian Methodist Episcopal Church adopting...with the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church as a working...The CME Church reports having...AME Zion Church about 1.2...historic African-American...denomination in the Methodist tradition is the ... Read more
AME Zion Church gets support in legal dispute.(African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in case concerning breakaway congregation)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 8/2/2000; 352 words ; Six major church groups have...supporting the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in its lawsuit...Gospel AME Zion Church, who left the...for the United Methodist Church, the...Adventists and the Episcopal Diocese of Washington... Read more
AME Church elects more women bishops.(News)(African Methodist Episcopal Church)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 7/27/2004; 367 words ; The African Methodist Episcopal Church, after electing...three native African bishops as...indigenous Africans as new bishops...unparalleled. The AME Church, as a truly international church, is now truly...professor of African-American studies... Read more
The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church elected a California pastor as its first female bishop at the denomination's 48th quadrennial General Conference in Atlanta.(Briefly noted)(Mildred Hines)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 8/26/2008; 113 words ; * The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church elected a California pastor as its first female bishop at the denomination's 48th quadrennial General Conference in Atlanta. Mildred Bonnie Hines, pastor of First AME Zion Church of Los Angeles, was the third bishop elected July 19 from a pool of ... Read more
Noted A.M.E. church leader Dr. Henderson S. Davis mourned.(RELIGION)(served for 71 years in African Methodist Episcopal Church)(Obituary)
Magazine article from: Jet; 11/7/2005; 407 words ; ...held recently at Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) in Indianapolis for Dr...ordained elder in the A.M.E. Church left a legacy of service and...lengthy illness. He pastored churches in Indiana, Ohio, New England... Read more
AME elects first woman bishop.(African Methodist Episcopal Church elects Vashti McKenzie bishop)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 7/19/2000; 285 words ; ...prominent Baltimore church, was elected...bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church --the first woman...of the Second Episcopal District, which...includes McKenzie's church, called her election...appointed the church's first U.S... Read more
A Maryland appeals court has ruled that a suburban megachurch that split from the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in 1999 must relinquish millions of dollars in property back to the denomination.(Briefly noted)(Heart Church Ministries)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 12/2/2008; 101 words ; ...megachurch that split from the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in 1999 must relinquish millions...the denomination. The Heart Church Ministries in Temple Hills...significant for the individual church and others with similar hierarchical... Read more
Before more than 6,000 congregants in three Sunday services November 30, the pastor of First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles apologized for using church credit cards to pay for at least $122,000 in personal expenses and having failed to pay federal taxes for several years, according to the Los Angeles Times.(Briefly noted)(John J. Hunter)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 12/30/2008; 107 words ; ...than 6,000 congregants in three Sunday services November 30, the pastor of First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles apologized for using church credit cards to pay for at least $122,000 in personal expenses and having failed... Read more
Heifer International, the world hunger organization based in Little Rock, and the 1.2 million-member African Methodist Episcopal Church of the U.S. are partnering to send aid to ease hunger and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. (Business Briefs).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Arkansas Business; 3/11/2002; 54 words ; Heifer International, the world hunger organization based in Little Rock, and the 1.2 million-member African Methodist Episcopal Church of the U.S. are partnering to send aid to ease hunger and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. St. Andrew AME... Read more
First AME Female Bishop In 213 Years.(Vashti Murphy McKenzie of the African Methodist Episcopal Church)
Magazine article from: Ebony; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...pulpit of her church, she faced...Memorial AME Church. I felt a...history of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. When she...said the African continent...foresight of the church. The AME...level of the church. The religious...Leadership For ... Read more