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According to the Pew Research Center, approximately 88% of the members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are white, 5% are black, 3% are Asian, and 4% are Latino. [36] The Presbyterian Church in America is more diverse, with 80% of its members being white, 6% being black, 3% being Asian, and 5% identifying as mixed or another race. [36]
The Free African Society (FAS) developed as part of the rise in civic organizing following American independence in the 1776 to 1783 Revolutionary War; it was the first black mutual aid society in Philadelphia. The city was a growing center of free blacks, attracted to its jobs and other opportunities.
Free Black males enjoyed wider employment opportunities than free Black females, who were largely confined to domestic occupations. [41] While free Black boys could become apprentices to carpenters, coopers, barbers, and blacksmiths, girls' options were much more limited, confined to domestic work such as being cooks, cleaning women ...
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.
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Inside slave community churches, "The message of the Invisible Church was, however articulated, God wants you free!" [18] The spiritual practices inside plantation churches (invisible churches) were African based. Enslaved and free African-Americans practiced the ring shout, spirit possession, ecstatic forms of worship, and Hoodoo. [19]
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] Born into slavery in 1782 in Kent County, Maryland, Spencer was freed after his master died, by the terms of his will. [2] Spencer moved north to Wilmington, which had a large free black population.
The interior of the church is clad in sandstone, and has a hammerbeam roof. The floor at the east end of the church is in black and white marble. The font consists of a curved bowl on four large buttresses. [1] The furnishings were made by James Merritt, and include simple benches and an elaborate pulpit.