African Methodist Episcopal Church

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Christian denomination Methodist denomination Protestant denomination historically Black church

The African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historically Black Methodist denomination founded in the early 19th century in the United States, known for its emphasis on social justice, education, and civil rights advocacy.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
African Methodist Episcopal Church canonical 23
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 3
African Methodist Episcopal 2

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian denomination ⓘ
Methodist denomination ⓘ
Protestant denomination ⓘ
historically Black church ⓘ
coFounder Absalom Jones ⓘ
Daniel Coker ⓘ
coreDoctrine authority of the Bible ⓘ
belief in the Trinity ⓘ
salvation by grace through faith ⓘ
sanctification ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
emphasis civil rights advocacy ⓘ
community development ⓘ
education ⓘ
evangelism ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
foundedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
founder Richard Allen ⓘ
foundingCity Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
foundingCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
foundingYear 1816 ⓘ
governanceStructure episcopal polity ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle bishop ⓘ
presiding bishop ⓘ
headquartersLocation Nashville ⓘ
surface form: Nashville, Tennessee
knownFor founding independent Black congregations ⓘ
participation in the Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
role in the abolitionist movement ⓘ
languageOfWorship English ⓘ
memberOf National Council of Churches ⓘ
Pan-Methodist Commission ⓘ
World Council of Churches ⓘ
motto God Our Father, Christ Our Redeemer, the Holy Spirit Our Comforter, Humankind Our Family ⓘ
operates Allen University ⓘ
Morris Brown College ⓘ
Payne Theological Seminary ⓘ
Wilberforce University ⓘ
orientation mainline Protestant ⓘ
originatedFrom Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
previousHeadquartersLocation Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
primaryConstituency Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African Americans
publishes The Christian Recorder ⓘ
reasonForFormation racial discrimination in white Methodist churches ⓘ
regionServed Africa ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
South America ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
religiousBranch Protestantism ⓘ
religiousTradition Methodism ⓘ
sacrament Holy Communion ⓘ
baptism ⓘ
theology Arminianism ⓘ
surface form: Wesleyan–Arminian theology
worshipStyle Methodist liturgical tradition ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Black Protestant churches → includesDenomination → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Black Protestant churches → includesDenomination → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Methodist churches → hasSubtradition → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church → denomination → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church → sharesTraditionWith → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church → sharesTraditionWith → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
James H. Cone → clergyOf → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Methodism → hasMajorBranch → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Methodism → hasMajorBranch → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Wilberforce University → religiousAffiliation → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Wilberforce University → founder → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Morris Brown College → foundedBy → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Morris Brown College → religiousAffiliation → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
A'Lelia Walker → religion → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Allen University → religiousAffiliation → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Allen University → affiliatedWith → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Richard Allen → founded → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
The Christian Recorder → publisher → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
The Christian Recorder → officialOrganOf → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
The Christian Recorder → affiliation → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
The Christian Recorder → denominationalOrientation → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Methodist Episcopal
Pan-Methodist Commission → hasMemberDenominations → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
WMC → membershipIncludes → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
subject surface form: World Methodist Council
Payne Theological Seminary → affiliation → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Payne Theological Seminary → religiousTradition → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Methodism
Payne Theological Seminary → denominationalIdentity → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Methodist Episcopal
CME → sharesHeritageWith → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Apostolic Faith Mission → buildingUseBefore → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Methodist Episcopal church
Big Bethel AME Church → denomination → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
Clayborn Temple → denomination → African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ