Black Methodism in the United States explained

Black Methodism in the United States is the Methodist tradition within the Black Church, largely consisting of congregations in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME), African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AME Zion or AMEZ), Christian Methodist Episcopal denominations, as well as those African American congregations in other Methodist denominations, such as the Free Methodist Church.

African Americans were drawn to Methodism due to the father of Methodism, John Wesley's "opposition to the whole system of slavery, his commitment to Jesus Christ, and the evangelical appeal to the suffering and the oppressed."[1]

History

Historically black Methodist denominations

AMEZ

The African Methodist Episcopal Zion church evolved as a division within the Methodist Episcopal Church denomination. The first AME Zion church was founded in 1800. Like the AME Church, the AME Zion Church sent missionaries to Africa in the first decade after the American Civil War and it also has a continuing overseas presence.

AME

The African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded by Richard Allen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1816, and also split from the white-dominated Methodist Episcopal Church denomination to make an independent denomination. Sarah Allen was known as its "founding mother". It is based in the United States but seven of its 20 districts are overseas, including in Liberia, the United Kingdom, Angola, and South Africa.[2] Its Women's Missionary Service, an NGO, operates in 32 countries.[3]

CME

See main article: Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.

Other Methodist denominations

Free Methodist Church

In the Free Methodist Church, African Heritage Network convenes to encourage black congregations and clergy within the denomination.[4]

Intercommunion

Both the AME and the AMEZ churches have entered in full communion with one another and with the United Methodist Church, the African Union Methodist Protestant Church, the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Union American Methodist Episcopal Church.

List of notable congregations

United States

Church/TempleCityState
Adams Chapel AME ChurchRock HillSouth Carolina
Allen Temple AME ChurchOaklandCalifornia
Allen Temple AME ChurchAtlantaGeorgia
Allen Temple AME ChurchByronGeorgia
Allen Chapel AME ChurchLincolnIllinois
Allen Chapel AME ChurchTerre HauteIndiana
Allen Chapel AME ChurchSilver SpringMaryland
Allen Chapel AME ChurchKalamazooMichigan
Greater Allen AME CathedralQueensNew York
Allen Temple AME ChurchCincinnatiOhio
Allen AME ChurchPortlandOregon
Greater Allen AME ChurchDaytonOhio
Allen AME ChurchProvidenceRhode Island
Allen Temple AME ChurchGreenvilleSouth Carolina
Allen Chapel AME ChurchMurfreesboroTennessee
Allen Chapel AME ChurchFort WorthTexas
Allen Chapel AME ChurchWashingtonDC
Asbury AME ChurchChesterPennsylvania
Asbury Chapel AME ChurchLouisvilleKentucky
Baber AME ChurchCarrier MillsIllinois
Baber AME ChurchRochesterNew York
Big Bethel AME ChurchAtlantaGeorgia
Bethel AME ChurchBatesvilleArkansas
Bethel AME ChurchMalvernArkansas
Bethel AME ChurchOxnardCalifornia
Bethel AME ChurchDeLandFlorida
Greater Bethel AME ChurchMiamiFlorida
Bethel AME ChurchAcworthGeorgia
Bethel AME ChurchCedar RapidsIowa
Bethel AME ChurchDavenportIowa
Bethel AME ChurchIowa CityIowa
Bethel AME ChurchChampaignIllinois
Bethel AME ChurchCrawfordsvilleIndiana
Bethel AME ChurchHammondIndiana
Bethel AME ChurchIndianapolisIndiana
Bethel AME ChurchRichmondIndiana
Bethel AME ChurchCoffeyvilleKansas
Bethel AME ChurchManhattanKansas
Bethel AME ChurchShelbyvilleKentucky
Union Bethel AME ChurchNew OrleansLouisiana
Bethel AME ChurchBaltimoreMaryland
Bethel AME ChurchJamaica PlainMassachusetts
Bethel AME Church and ParsonagePlymouthMassachusetts
Bethel AME ChurchVicksburgMississippi
Bethel Chapel AME ChurchLouisianaMissouri
Union Bethel AME ChurchGreat FallsMontana
Bethel AME ChurchRenoNevada
Bethel AME ChurchMorristownNew Jersey
Bethel AME ChurchSpringtownNew Jersey
Greater Bethel AME ChurchHarlemNew York
Bethel AME Church and ManseHuntingtonNew York
Bethel AME ChurchReidsvilleNorth Carolina
Bethel AME ChurchGreensboroNorth Carolina
Bethel AME ChurchMiddletownOhio
Bethel AME Zion ChurchAliquippaPennsylvania
Bethel AME ChurchMonongahela CityPennsylvania
Bethel AME ChurchReadingPennsylvania
Bethel AME ChurchAndersonSouth Carolina
Bethel AME ChurchColumbiaSouth Carolina
Bethel AME ChurchMcClellanvilleSouth Carolina
Bethel AME ChurchBrittons NeckSouth Carolina
Mother Bethel AME ChurchPhiladelphiaPennsylvania
Bethel AME ChurchProvidenceRhode Island
Bethel TempleFort WorthTexas
Bethel AME ChurchSan AntonioTexas
Third Street Bethel AME ChurchRichmondVirginia
Bethel AME ChurchSaint CroixUS Virgin Islands
Bethel AME ChurchParkersburgWest Virginia
Brown Chapel AME ChurchSelmaAlabama
Brown Chapel AME ChurchPittsburghPennsylvania
Brown Chapel AME ChurchHoustonTexas
Bryant Chapel AME ChurchBirminghamAlabama
Brookins Community AME ChurchLos AngelesCalifornia
Byrd's AME ChurchClaytonDelaware
Campbell Chapel AME ChurchAmericusGeorgia
Campbell Chapel AME ChurchAtchisonKansas
Campbell Chapel AME ChurchGlasgowMissouri
Campbell Chapel AME ChurchPulaskiTennessee
Campbell AME ChurchPhiladelphiaPennsylvania
Christ Our Redeemer AME ChurchIrvineCalifornia
Ebenezer AME ChurchBaltimoreMaryland
Emanuel AME ChurchCharlestonSouth Carolina
Emanuel AME ChurchMobileAlabama
Emmanuel AME ChurchDurhamNorth Carolina
Empowerment Temple AME ChurchBaltimoreMaryland
Grant AME ChurchChesilhurstNew Jersey
Grant AME ChurchRoxburyMassachusetts
Grant AME ChurchLos AngelesCalifornia
Jericho AME ChurchBeaufortSouth Carolina
Johnson's Chapel AME ChurchSpringfieldKentucky
Joshua Chapel AME ChurchWaxahachieTexas
Mary Springhill A.M.E. ChurchShreveportShreveport
Mount Olive AME ChurchClearwaterFlorida
Mount Olive AME ChurchFt. MyersFlorida
Mt. Pisgah AME ChurchGreenwoodSouth Carolina
Mount Tabor AME ChurchKendrickFlorida
Mount Vernon AME ChurchGamalielKentucky
Mount Vernon AME ChurchPalestineTexas
Mount Zion AME Zion ChurchMontgomeryAlabama
Mount Zion AME ChurchJacksonvilleFlorida
Mount Zion AME ChurchOcalaFlorida
Mount Zion AME ChurchMontgomery TownshipNew Jersey
Mount Zion AME ChurchWoolwich TownshipNew Jersey
Mount Zion AME ChurchTredyffrin TownshipPennsylvania
Mount Zion AME ChurchNewportRhode Island
Mount Zion AME ChurchGreeleyvilleSouth Carolina
Mount Zion AME ChurchRound OSouth Carolina
Mount Zion AME ChurchNorfolkVirginia
Olive Chapel AME ChurchKirkwoodMissouri
Quinn Chapel AME ChurchChicagoIllinois
Quinn Chapel AME ChurchLouisvilleKentucky
Quinn Chapel AME ChurchSt. LouisMissouri
Reid Temple AME ChurchGlenn DaleMaryland
Rue Chapel AME ChurchNew BernNorth Carolina
Saint Philip AME ChurchAtlantaGeorgia
Saint Phillips AME ChurchToomsboroGeorgia
St. John AME ChurchColumbusGeorgia
St. John AME ChurchChicagoIllinois
St. John's AME ChurchNorth OmahaNebraska
St. John AME ChurchClevelandOhio
St. John's AME ChurchNorfolkVirginia
St. James AME ChurchSanfordFlorida
St. James AME ChurchAshlandKentucky
St. James AME ChurchDanvilleKentucky
Saint James AME ChurchPicayuneMississippi
St. James AME ChurchMaconGeorgia
St. James AME ChurchNew OrleansLouisiana
St. James AME Church (destroyed by arson in 1955)Lake CitySouth Carolina
St. James' AME ChurchNewarkNew Jersey
St. James AME Zion ChurchIthacaNew York
St. Joseph's AME ChurchDurhamNorth Carolina
St. Mark AME ChurchTuscaloosaAlabama
St. Matthew's Chapel AME ChurchBoonvilleMissouri
St. Matthew AME ChurchPhiladelphiaPennsylvania
St. Peter's AME ChurchHarrodsburgKentucky
St. Peter's AME Zion ChurchNew BernNorth Carolina
St. Peter AME ChurchClarksvilleTennessee
St. Paul AME ChurchSanta BarbaraCalifornia
St. Paul AME ChurchJacksonvilleFlorida
St. Paul AME ChurchWest Palm BeachFlorida
St. Paul AME Church GlencoeIllinois
St. Paul AME ChurchCambridgeMassachusetts
St. Paul AME ChurchPort HuronMichigan
St. Paul AME ChurchColumbiaMissouri
St. Paul AME ChurchSt. LouisMissouri
St. Paul AME ChurchRaleighNorth Carolina
St. Paul AME ChurchFairfieldOhio
St. Paul AME ChurchLimaOhio
St. Paul's AME ChurchUrbanaOhio
St. Paul AME ChurchFayettevilleTennessee
St. Paul AME ChurchRockwallTexas
St. Paul AME ChurchDallasTexas
Greater St. Paul AME ChurchSan AngeloTexas
St. Paul AME ChurchManchesterKentucky
St. Stephen's AME ChurchSanduskyOhio
St. Stephen's AME ChurchHardeevilleSouth Carolina
Salter's Chapel AME ChurchSt. Helena ParishLouisiana
Tabernacle AME ChurchIdlewildMichigan
Thomas Memorial AME Zion ChurchWatertownNew York
Thomas Chapel AME Zion ChurchBlack MountainNorth Carolina
Turner Chapel AME ChurchAtlantaGeorgia
Turner Chapel AME ChurchMariettaGeorgia
Turner Memorial AME ChurchHyattsvilleMaryland
Wade Chapel AME ChurchHillsboroTexas
Ward Chapel AME ChurchPrattvilleAlabama
Ward Chapel AME ChurchSelmaAlabama
Ward Chapel AME ChurchMuskogeeOklahoma
Wayman Temple AME ChurchJacksonvilleFlorida
Wesley Chapel AME ChurchGeorgetownTexas
Wesley Chapel AME ChurchHoustonTexas
Wesley Chapel AME ChurchSan MarcosTexas
Williams Chapel AME ChurchOrangeburgSouth Carolina
Woodlawn AME ChurchChicagoIllinois
Zion AME ChurchCamdenDelaware

Liberia

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Costen . Melva Wilson . In Spirit and in Truth: The Music of African American Worship . 1 January 2004 . Westminster John Knox Press . 978-0-664-22864-4 . 57 . English.
  2. Web site: Connections.
  3. http://www.wms-amec.org/about.html Women's Missionary Service
  4. Web site: Leming . Rachel . Reaching Back, Looking Forward: 20 Years of the African Heritage Network . 2 December 2022 . Light and Life Magazine . English . 2019.
  5. News: Liberia: Eliza Turner AME Church Observes 113th Anniversary . Varney M. Kamara . 26 November 2009 . The Analyst.
  6. News: Liberia: African Methodist Episcopal Church Delegation Meets Pres. Sirleaf . 14 September 2012 . The Analyst.
  7. News: Liberia: We Need Builders, Not Destroyers - Rev. Katurah York Cooper . 12 May 2004 . .