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Richard Allen (February 14, 1760 – March 26, 1831) [1] was a minister, educator, writer, and one of the United States' most active and influential black leaders.In 1794, he founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), the first independent Black denomination in the United States.
Francis began his ministry at the prominent 15th Street Presbyterian Church in Logan Circle, Washington, D.C., a major African-American congregation that was about 15 blocks due north of the White House. He led that congregation until 1885 and was active throughout the community in Washington.
Venerated African-American Christians (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "African-American Christians" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 745 total.
Smith, R. Drew, ed. Long March ahead: African American churches and public policy in post-civil rights America (2004). Sobel, M. Trabelin' On: The Slave Journey to an Afro-Baptist Faith (1979) Southern, Eileen. The Music of Black Americans: A History (1997) Spencer, Jon Michael. Black hymnody: a hymnological history of the African-American ...
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]
Pages in category "African-American Christian clergy" The following 142 pages are in this category, out of 142 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Peter Spencer. Peter Spencer (1782–1843) was an American freedman who in 1813 founded the Union Church of Africans in Wilmington, Delaware.The denomination is now known as the African Union First Colored Methodist Protestant Church and Connection, or A.U.M.P. Church for short. [1]