The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the AME Church or AME, is a Methodist denomination based in the United States. It adheres to Wesleyan–Arminian theology and has a connexional pol
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St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church Hamilton Parish, Bermuda
St. John AME Church 125th anniversary plaque
AME Zion Church in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Richard Allen was an American minister, educator, writer, and one of the United States' most active and influential black leaders. In 1794, he founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first
African Methodist Episcopal Church
…to be founded by Black people, the African Methodist Episcopal Church welcomes and has members of all ethnicities. The AME Church was founded by Richard Allen (1760–1831) in 1787 when he called together five African American congregations of the previously established Methodist Episcopal Church with the hope…
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Painting of Allen on display at the World Methodist Museum, Lake Junaluska, North Carolina