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A missionary AME Church was established in the new settlement in 1836. [4] Now known as Quinn's Chapel AME, its congregation is believed to have supported the Underground Railroad and aided fugitive slaves to freedom, together with members of the Antioch Baptist Church established in 1838.
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.
The AME Church is active regarding issues of social justice and has invested time in reforming the criminal justice system. [40] The AME Church also opposes "elective abortion". [41] On women's issues, the AME has supported gender equality and, in 2000, first elected a woman to become bishop. [42]
Rev. William Lamar speaks during an MLK Day rally on the day of the 2025 Presidential Inauguration at Metropolitan AME Church in Washington D.C. Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.
Brooklyn became a major place of Underground Railroad activity. Priscilla Baltimore's degree of involvement in this is not known, but she was a very active abolitionist at the time, [2] and the Quinn Chapel, with which she was closely involved, was very active in helping escapees, as were a network of other strategically-placed AME churches. [5]
On Oct. 12, 2008, “Reverend Julius” answered God’s call as the 35th pastor and senior minister of Bethel AME Church, guided by Jeremiah 3:15, “And I will give you shepherds according to My ...
William Paul Quinn. William Paul Quinn (10 April 1788 – 21 February 1873) [1] was born in India and immigrated to the United States, where he became the fourth bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first independent black denomination in the United States when founded in 1816 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
St. James AME Zion Church — Ithaca [17] [52] John Brown Farm State Historic Site — Lake Placid [17] Starr Clock Tinshop — Mexico [17] Abolitionist Place — New York City: Brooklyn. Abolitionist Place is a section of Duffield Street in downtown Brooklyn that used to be a center of anti-slavery and Underground Railroad activity.