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William Paul Quinn (10 April 1788 – 21 February 1873) [1] was born in India and immigrated to the United States, where he became the fourth bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first independent black denomination in the United States when founded in 1816 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
John Mifflin Brown (September 8, 1817 – March 16, 1893) was a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. He was a leader in the Underground Railroad.He helped open a number of churches and schools, including the Payne Institute which became Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina, and Paul Quinn College in Waco, Texas.
By 1840, Payne started another school. He joined the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) which had been organized in 1794, a decade after the first organized American grouping of "Methodists" at the famed Christmas Conference at the old original Lovely Lane Chapel off South Calvert and German (now Redwood) Streets in Baltimore Town in December 1784 following the teachings of British ...
[9] [10] While there, Adams returned to Paul Quinn College to serve as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees. [11] In 1980 Adams became Bishop of the Second Episcopal District in Washington, D.C. [ 2 ] He founded the Congress of National Black Churches, a coalition of historically African-American denominations , in 1982 and acted as its first ...
Paul Quinn College: Dallas: Texas: 1872 Private [c] Named for William Paul Quinn: Yes Payne Theological Seminary: Wilberforce: Ohio: 1856 Private [c] Named for Bishop Daniel Payne. Founded as a seminary with Wilberforce University in 1856. Later became Payne Theological Seminary in 1894. Yes Philander Smith University: Little Rock: Arkansas ...
Reverend Dr. Ginger Barfield, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Episcopal Church, Columbia, SC Reverend Andrea Bates, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Greenville, SC
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]
Bethel A.M.E. Church (Columbia, South Carolina) Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (McClellanville, South Carolina) ... Mount Zion AME Church (Greeleyville ...