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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.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attend a church service at Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2013. [ 29 ] The African Methodist Episcopal Church has a unique history as it is the first major religious denomination in the western world that developed because of race rather ...
The parent AME Church is a Methodist denomination founded by the Rev. Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, and others established in Philadelphia in 1816.The AME Church now has over 2,000,000 members in North and South America, Africa and Europe, and includes other major churches such as the First A.M.E. Church of Los Angeles with over 19,000 members and the Greater Allen A. M. E. Cathedral of New ...
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On July 1, 2001, the seminary began operating independently of the college, and in March 2002, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), the college's accrediting agency acknowledged that the seminary was a separate institution, sponsored by the AME Zion Church independently of the college.
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By 1979, representatives of 32 organizations from 33 states, Canada and Mexico gathered in Washington, DC, to establish the American Adoption Congress (AAC) passing a unanimous resolution: "Open Records complete with all identifying information for all members of the adoption triad, birthparents, adoptive parents and adoptee at the adoptee's ...
Number [a] Chapter Charter date and range Institution Location Status Reference 1: Alpha of Virginia: December 5, 1776 –1780, 1851–1860, 1893: College of William & Mary ...