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Richard Allen (bishop)
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Richard Allen was a minister, educator, writer, and one of the United States' most active and influential black leaders. In 1794, he founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), the first independent Black denomination in the United States. He opened his first AME church in 1794 in Philadelphia.
Richard Allen (bishop)
Richard Allen (bishop)
Painting of Allen on display at the World Methodist Museum, Lake Junaluska, NC
Painting of Allen on display at the World Methodist Museum, Lake Junaluska, NC
African Methodist Episcopal Church
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The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the AME Church or AME, is a Methodist Black church. It adheres to Wesleyan-Arminian theology and has a connexional polity. The first independent Protestant denomination to be founded by Black people, AME welcomes and has members of all ethnicities.
Richard Allen
Richard Allen
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attend a church service at Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., o
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attend a church service at Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2013.
Denmark Vesey memorial in Hampton Park in Charleston, South Carolina
Denmark Vesey memorial in Hampton Park in Charleston, South Carolina
St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church Hamilton Parish, Bermuda
St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church Hamilton Parish, Bermuda