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Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church was the first Black church to be founded in Lincoln, Nebraska. Founding members of Quinn Chapel started meeting in their homes in 1870 with an itinerant minister. In 1871, Rev. G. W. Gaines officially organized the church.
The congregation was founded in 1838, as Union Bethel (Metropolitan) A. M. E. Church. In 1880, John W. Stevenson was appointed by Bishop Daniel Payne to be pastor of the church for the purpose of building a new church, which would become Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church. The cornerstone was laid in September, 1881.
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]
The Saint Andrews African Methodist Episcopal Church is an African Methodist Episcopal Church in Sacramento, California, founded in 1850. It was the first African American church in California [2] and the first AME Church on the West Coast of the United States. [3] It was originally located at 715 Seventh Street, which is marked by a historical ...
Kamala Harris and Eric Garcetti at the First AME Church of Los Angeles in 2020. The church is a center of political and social action in the city. [16] In the 80's and 90's, the church created 40 task forces concerned with health, substance abuse, homelessness, emergency food and clothing, housing, training, employment and so on.
Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church, Philadelphia, the founding church of the African Methodist Episcopal Church denomination Bethel A.M.E. Church (Reading, Pennsylvania) South Carolina
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 .
This church is one of three Black churches founded in 1852 in San Francisco, the other two are the Third Baptist Church, and First A.M.E. Zion Church. [4] Bethel AME Church was founded in 1852 by Rev. Charles Stewart and Edward Gomez, and was then-called St. Cyprian's African Methodist Episcopal Church. [5]