Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

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Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic Black Methodist congregation in Philadelphia that became the mother church of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) denomination founded by Richard Allen.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African Methodist Episcopal church
Black church
church
historic church
mother church
alsoKnownAs Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church NERFINISHED
associatedWith African American religious history
Black church movement in the United States
history of Methodism in the United States
congregationType Methodist congregation
country United States of America
surface form: United States
denomination African Methodist Episcopal Church NERFINISHED
denominationalFamily African Methodist Episcopal NERFINISHED
ethnicTradition African American
founder Richard Allen NERFINISHED
foundingContext Black Methodist congregation in Philadelphia
foundingPerson Richard Allen NERFINISHED
hasFounderRole Richard Allen as founder of the AME Church
heritageStatus historic congregation
locatedIn Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
United States of America
surface form: United States
motherChurchOf African Methodist Episcopal Church NERFINISHED
namedAfter Bethel NERFINISHED
religiousAffiliation Methodism
Protestantism
roleInDenomination foundational congregation of the AME Church
shortName Bethel AME Church NERFINISHED
significance historic Black Methodist congregation
mother church of the African Methodist Episcopal denomination

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Richard Allen founded Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church