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United States (United States) (search for this): entry african-methodist-episcopal-church
African Methodist Episcopal Church,
A religious sect established in Philadelphia in 1816, by colored members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
The first bishop chosen by the convention that founded the Church was the Rev. Richard Allen.
In 1794, under his direction, the first church for colored Methodists in the United States was built in Philadelphia.
The government and doctrine of the Church is substantially the same as that of the body from which it withdrew.
Its territory is divided into two annual conferences, and it has a general conference which meets once every four years. In 1900 it reported as follows: Ministers, 5,559; churches, 5,775; and members, 673,504.
Richard Allen (search for this): entry african-methodist-episcopal-church
African Methodist Episcopal Church,
A religious sect established in Philadelphia in 1816, by colored members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
The first bishop chosen by the convention that founded the Church was the Rev. Richard Allen.
In 1794, under his direction, the first church for colored Methodists in the United States was built in Philadelphia.
The government and doctrine of the Church is substantially the same as that of the body from which it withdrew.
Its territory is divided into two annual conferences, and it has a general conference which meets once every four years. In 1900 it reported as follows: Ministers, 5,559; churches, 5,775; and members, 673,504.
African Methodist Episcopal Church,
A religious sect established in Philadelphia in 1816, by colored members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
The first bishop chosen by the convention that founded the Church was the Rev. Richard Allen.
In 1794, under his direction, the first church for colored Methodists in the United States was built in Philadelphia.
The government and doctrine of the Church is substantially the same as that of the body from which it withdrew.
Its territory is divided into two annual conferences, and it has a general conference which meets once every four years. In 1900 it reported as follows: Ministers, 5,559; churches, 5,775; and members, 673,504.
African Methodist Episcopal Church,
A religious sect established in Philadelphia in 1816, by colored members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
The first bishop chosen by the convention that founded the Church was the Rev. Richard Allen.
In 1794, under his direction, the first church for colored Methodists in the United States was built in Philadelphia.
The government and doctrine of the Church is substantially the same as that of the body from which it withdrew.
Its territory is divided into two annual conferences, and it has a general conference which meets once every four years. In 1900 it reported as follows: Ministers, 5,559; churches, 5,775; and members, 673,504.
African Methodist Episcopal Church,
A religious sect established in Philadelphia in 1816, by colored members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
The first bishop chosen by the convention that founded the Church was the Rev. Richard Allen.
In 1794, under his direction, the first church for colored Methodists in the United States was built in Philadelphia.
The government and doctrine of the Church is substantially the same as that of the body from which it withdrew.
Its territory is divided into two annual conferences, and it has a general conference which meets once every four years. In 1900 it reported as follows: Ministers, 5,559; churches, 5,775; and members, 673,504.