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The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the AME Church, is a Methodist denomination founded by Rev. Richard Allen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1816 from several black Methodist congregations in the mid-Atlantic area that wanted independence from white Methodists. Allen was elected its first bishop in 1816. ... Read more

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Title: Around the Family Altar: Domesticity in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1865-1900.(Book review)
Author: Lewis V. Baldwin
Publication: Church History (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 75Issue: 3Page: 684(3)

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This digital document is an article from Dictionary of American History, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 531 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Focuses on cultures and countries around the world, specifically what is and is not shared culturally by the people who live in a particular country. Entries contain descriptive summaries of the country in question, including demographic, historical, cultural, economic, religious, and political information. ... Read more

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THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SMEC SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE ... Read more

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"When Methodism came from England to America in the 1760's, slavery was a thriving institution in the colonies. Methodists immediately opposed it and sought the conversion of blacks. Many joined. Methodism offered a brotherhood of salvation and a belief in the sacredness of all people."

"Dark Salvation is the story of Methodism as it developed in the United States and the role it played in the lives of blacks."

TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Beginnings of Methodism
The Slave and His Religion

Methodism Comes to America
Methodism and Slavery
The Beginnings of Separation
The First Great Separate: the African Methodist Episcopal Church
The Second Great Separate: The African Methodis Episcopal Zion Church

Continuing Methodism
The Mission to the Slaves
Early Black Methodist Preachers

The A.M.E. Church
The A.M.E. Zion Church
The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodism in Mission

Current Developments
The Black Man in United Methodism
Summary and Prospect

Notes
Index

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the AME Church, is a Methodist denomination founded by the Rev. Richard Allen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1816 from several black Methodist congregations in the mid-Atlantic area that wanted independence from white Methodists. Allen was elected its first bishop in 1816. "God Our Father, Christ Our Redeemer, Holy Spirit Our Comforter, Humankind Our Family" Derived from Bishop Daniel Alexander Payne's original motto "God our Father, Christ our Redemeer, Man our Brother", which served as the AME Church motto until the 2008 General Conference, when the current motto was officially adopted. Richard AllenThe African Methodist Episcopal Church has a unique history in that it is the first major religious denomination in the western world that originated because of sociological rather than theological differences. It was the first African-American denomination organized and incorporated in the US. The AME denomination collaborated with the Methodist Episcopal Church in sponsoring the first independent historical black college, Wilberforce University. The church was born in protest against slavery and discrimination against black people. This fit well with the Methodist church's philosophy since its founder John Wesley had once called the slave-trade "that execrable sum of all villainies". The AMEC grew out of the Free African Society (FAS) which Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, and others established in Philadelphia in 1787. The church was organized by Richard Allen and other African-American members of St. George's Methodist Episcopal Church. Absalom Jones was removed from St. George's by trustees while he was praying. When the white members of the congregation supported the trustees, Allen an... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=307925 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Southern History, published by Southern Historical Association on May 1, 2001. The length of the article is 531 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: In Darkness with God: The Life of Joseph Gomez, A Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Author: Sandy Dwayne Martin
Publication: Journal of Southern History (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 2001
Publisher: Southern Historical Association
Volume: 67Issue: 2Page: 482

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