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In 1847, the group organized as a congregation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first independent black denomination in the United States. They named the church for Bishop William Paul Quinn. In the years leading up to the Civil War, the church played an important role in the city's abolitionist movement.
First United Methodist Church of Chicago: 1924 built ... Bethel AME Church: built 1868 NRHP-listed 411 S. Governor St. Iowa City, Iowa: First Methodist Episcopal ...
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Bethel AME Church, Greater Bethel AME Church or Union Bethel AME Church may refer to: Arkansas
Monday’s election is also significant in that among the retiring bishops are McAllister’s father, Bishop Julius H. McAllister Sr.
The AME Church is active regarding issues of social justice and has invested time in reforming the criminal justice system. [40] The AME Church also opposes "elective abortion". [41] On women's issues, the AME has supported gender equality and, in 2000, first elected a woman to become bishop. [42]
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The desire to create the church was strengthened in 1792, after African-American members of St. George's Methodist Church walked out due to racial segregation in the worship services. [5] Mother Bethel was one of the first African-American churches in the United States, dedicated July 29, 1794, by Bishop Francis Asbury.
In 1848 A tract of land was deeded to the Bethel AME, for the site of the original church, which was destroyed by fire in 1871. Old Bethel Cemetery on Christian Avenue in Stony Brook was the location of the first Bethel AME Church in the area. This deed provided 1/8th acre of land to the church board for a church.