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The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, or the AME Zion Church (AMEZ) is a historically African-American Christian denomination based in the United States. It was officially formed in 1821 in New York City, but operated for a number of years before then. The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church adheres to Wesleyan-Arminian theology. [1]
The African Methodist Episcopal Church unanimously voted to forbid ministers from blessing same-sex unions in July 2004. [43] [44] The church leaders stated that homosexual activity "clearly contradicts [their] understanding of Scripture" and that the call of the African Methodist Episcopal Church "is to hear the voice of God in our Scriptures ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 21:42, 8 November 2022: 1,354 × 788 (1.17 MB): Evedawn99: Uploaded a work by unknown photographer "Congregants standing in front of the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Shelburne, which stood at the corner of King and Cornwallis St. from c.1873 to the late 1940s.
The St. Louis congregation which became Washington Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Zion church was founded in about 1865 as home prayer meetings with the first known pastor, Gary Matthews. [2] After its founding and over the years, the location of the Washington Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion congregation moved around the neighborhood. [2]
The church was founded in 1829 as the African Church of the City of Mobile, a mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The original building burned and the current building was erected in 1854. By 1855 the church had a congregation of 550 members, making it one of the most successful African American churches in Alabama. [2]
Kittrell College was originally chartered in 1885 by the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Kittrell, North Carolina, as Kittrell Normal and Industrial School. It was founded to train underprivileged African-Americans as teachers and artisans. The first session of classes began in 1886.
Historic St. James AME Church is a historic church, affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest predominantly African American denomination in the United States. The church is located at 222 N. Roman Street in New Orleans, Louisiana .
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 .