Colored Methodist Episcopal Church
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Christian denomination
Methodist denomination
Protestant denomination
historically African-American church
The Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, now known as the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, is a historically African-American Methodist denomination founded in the post–Civil War era in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colored Methodist Episcopal Church canonical | 2 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian denomination
ⓘ
Methodist denomination ⓘ Protestant denomination ⓘ historically African-American church ⓘ |
| churchPolity | episcopal polity ⓘ |
| corePractice |
celebration of sacraments
ⓘ
congregational singing ⓘ preaching ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| denominationalFamily | Holiness–Methodist tradition ⓘ |
| doctrine |
belief in salvation by grace through faith
ⓘ
belief in the Trinity ⓘ emphasis on personal holiness ⓘ |
| ethnicFocus |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African Americans
|
| foundedInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | post–Civil War era ⓘ |
| hasClergyRequirement | ordination ⓘ |
| hasClergyTitle |
bishop
ⓘ
elder ⓘ |
| hasGovernanceBody | General Conference ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalSeason |
Advent
ⓘ
Easter ⓘ Lent ⓘ Pentecost ⓘ |
| hasOrganizationalUnit |
annual conference
ⓘ
episcopal district ⓘ local congregation ⓘ |
| hasOrganizationType | connectional church ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | evangelical Protestant ⓘ |
| hasScripture | Bible ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor | Christian Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Reconstruction era in the United States ⓘ |
| laterName | Christian Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ |
| observesHolyDay |
Christmas
ⓘ
Easter ⓘ
surface form:
Easter Sunday
Good Friday ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| religiousFamily | Protestantism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Methodism ⓘ |
| sacrament |
Holy Eucharist
ⓘ
surface form:
Holy Communion
baptism ⓘ |
| servesCommunity | African-American Christians in the United States ⓘ |
| theology | Wesleyan-Arminian theology ⓘ |
| worshipStyle | Methodist liturgical tradition ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.