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Chapman, Mark L. Christianity on trial: African-American religious thought before and after Black power (2006) Collier-Thomas, Bettye. Jesus, jobs, and justice: African American women and religion (2010) Curtis, Edward E. "African-American Islamization Reconsidered: Black history Narratives and Muslim identity."
Clergy of historically African-American Christian denominations (3 C, 25 P) A. A.U.M.P. Church (6 P) African Methodist Episcopal Church (3 C, 16 P)
The Black church (sometimes termed Black Christianity or African American Christianity) is the faith and body of Christian denominations and congregations in the United States that predominantly minister to, and are also led by African Americans, [1] as well as these churches' collective traditions and members.
After the American Civil War and the emancipation of slaves in the United States, many Northern African American religious groups created missionary church plants in the South, to connect newly freed African Americans with the African-American denominations of the North. [16]
Historically African-American Christian denominations (8 C, 44 P) Historically black Christian schools (2 C, 1 P) M. Black Methodism in the United States (3 C, 1 P) R.
Historically African American denominations are usually categorized differently from evangelicals or mainline. [60] However, in 2014 the Christian Century identified that these groups "fit the mainline description." [61] African Methodist Episcopal Church 2.5 million [62] African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 1.4 million [63]
A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity, identified by traits such as a name, organization and doctrine.Individual bodies, however, may use alternative terms to describe themselves, such as church, convention, communion, assembly, house, union, network, or sometimes fellowship.
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.