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This organization is the largest African-American Christian Denomination and it is also the second largest Baptist denomination in the United States. An African-American church is not necessarily a separate denomination. Several predominantly African-American churches exist as members of predominantly white denominations. [106]
Methodism. The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the AME Church or AME, is a Methodist denomination based in the United States. It adheres to Wesleyan–Arminian theology and has a connexional polity. [ 4] It cooperates with other Methodist bodies through the World Methodist Council and Wesleyan Holiness Connection.
Black theology arose as an affirmation of black Christians in response to critiques from a range of sources, including black Muslims, that claimed Christianity was a "white man's religion", white Christians that saw black churches as inferior, black Marxists that saw religion as an unscientific tool of the oppressor, and black power advocates ...
African Americans. 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, as well as these churches' collective traditions and members.
African Americans. Religion of Black Americans refers to the religious and spiritual practices of African Americans. Historians generally agree that the religious life of Black Americans "forms the foundation of their community life". [1] Before 1775 there was scattered evidence of organized religion among Black people in the Thirteen Colonies.
The term African American was popularized by Jesse Jackson in the 1980s, [351] although there are recorded uses from the 18th and 19th centuries, [352] for example, in post-emancipation holidays and conferences. [353] [354] Earlier terms also used to describe Americans of African ancestry referred more to skin color than to ancestry.
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A. Church of God and Saints of Christ. Church of God in Christ. Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith. Church of Universal Triumph, Dominion of God. Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America.
African-American art is a broad term describing visual art created by African Americans. The range of art they have created, and are continuing to create, over more than two centuries is as varied as the artists themselves. [1] Some have drawn on cultural traditions in Africa, and other parts of the world where the Black diaspora is found, for ...