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John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church is a historic African American church in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.The church, which is one of Pittsburgh's oldest African American faith-based organizations, was founded in 1836 following a series of prayer meetings and preaching services.
The church sanctuary is located on the second floor and contains a large U-shaped balcony and is brightly lit by stained glass windows on all sides. "Big Wesley" has been a historical leader in the development of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church denomination and influential in civil rights and social reforms in the 1950s and 1960s. [3]
John Wesley AME Zion Church (est. 1847), located in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. A general conference is the supreme administrative body of the church. Between meetings of the conference, the church is administered by the AMEZ Board of Bishops.
The African Methodist Episcopal Zion church evolved as a division within the Methodist Episcopal Church denomination. The first AME Zion church was founded in 1800. Like the AME Church, the AME Zion Church sent missionaries to Africa in the first decade after the American Civil War and it also has a continuing overseas presence.
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John Wesley Alstork (September 1, 1852 – July 23, 1920) was an American religious leader and African-American community organizer. He was a preacher and bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (A.M.E. Zion Church) and is considered one of the most successful bishops of his church, in part due to his skills at organizing national conferences. [1]
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]
His son, Edward D. W. Jones (1871–1935) was a bishop of the John Wesley AMEZ Church. In addition to serving as clergy, Edward was also editor of Comprehensive Catechism. [15] John Wesley AME Zion Church (est. 1847), located in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Jones was an accomplished organist.