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Black History Trivia for (02-11-10)
What dispute led to the founding of the African Methodist Episcopal Church?
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Permalink Reply by Melony Williams on
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It was due to racial discrimination
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Permalink Reply by JoNelle Hyde on
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The segregation of St. George's Methodist Church
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Permalink Reply by Desiree Verble Shelton on
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Discussing the issue of slavery within the white Methodist Church.
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The AME Church grew out of a protest against prejudicial treatment forced upon black people in the St. George Methodist Church in Philly IN 1844.
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Blacks were not allowed to pray at the alter or have service other than in the balcony.
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Permalink Reply by LaTara Tylette Byrd on
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The Segregation Of St. George's Methodist Church.
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Permalink Reply by Mrs. Coach on
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The AMEC grew out of the Free African Society (FAS) which Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, and others established in Philadelphia in 1787. When officials at St. George’s MEC pulled blacks off their knees while praying, FAS members discovered just how far American Methodists would go to enforce racial discrimination against African Americans. Hence, these members of St. George’s made plans to transform their mutual aid society into an African congregation. Although most wanted to affiliate with the Protestant Episcopal Church, Allen led a small group who resolved to remain Methodists. In 1794 Bethel AME was dedicated with Allen as pastor. To establish Bethel’s independence from interfering white Methodists, Allen, a former Delaware slave, successfully sued in the Pennsylvania courts in 1807 and 1815 for the right of his congregation to exist as an independent institution. Because black Methodists in other middle Atlantic communities encountered racism and desired religious autonomy, Allen called them to meet in Philadelphia to form a new Wesleyan denomination, the AME.
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