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), and 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."

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. Its Women's Missionary Service, an NGO, operates in 32 countries.Women's Missionary Service

AUMP

CME

UAME

Other Methodist denominations Free Methodist Church In the Free Methodist Church, African Heritage Network convenes to encourage black congregations and clergy within the denomination.

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/Temple City State Adams Chapel AME Church Rock Hill South Carolina Allen Temple AME Church Oakland California Allen Temple AME Church Atlanta Georgia Allen Temple AME Church Byron Georgia Allen Chapel AME Church Lincoln Illinois Allen Chapel AME Church Terre Haute Indiana Allen Chapel AME Church Silver Spring Maryland Allen Chapel AME Church Kalamazoo Michigan Greater Allen AME Cathedral Queens New York Allen Temple AME Church Cincinnati Ohio Allen AME Church Portland Oregon Greater Allen AME Church Dayton Ohio Allen AME Church Providence Rhode Island Allen Temple AME Church Greenville South Carolina Allen Chapel AME Church Murfreesboro Tennessee Allen Chapel AME Church Fort Worth Texas Allen Chapel AME Church Washington DC Asbury AME Church Chester Pennsylvania Asbury Chapel AME Church Louisville Kentucky Baber AME Church Carrier Mills Illinois Baber AME Church Rochester New York Big Bethel AME Church Atlanta Georgia Bethel AME Church Batesville Arkansas Bethel AME Church Malvern Arkansas Bethel AME Church Oxnard California Bethel AME Church DeLand Florida Greater Bethel AME Church Miami FloridaBethel AME Church Acworth Georgia Bethel AME Church Cedar Rapids Iowa Bethel AME Church Davenport Iowa Bethel AME Church Iowa City Iowa Bethel AME Church Champaign IllinoisBethel AME Church Crawfordsville Indiana Bethel AME Church Hammond Indiana Bethel AME Church Indianapolis IndianaBethel AME Church Richmond Indiana Bethel AME Church Coffeyville KansasBethel AME Church Manhattan Kansas Bethel AME Church Shelbyville Kentucky Union Bethel AME Church New Orleans Louisiana Bethel AME Church Baltimore Maryland Bethel AME Church Jamaica Plain Massachusetts Bethel AME Church and Parsonage Plymouth Massachusetts Bethel AME Church Vicksburg Mississippi Bethel Chapel AME Church Louisiana MissouriUnion Bethel AME Church Great Falls Montana Bethel AME Church Reno Nevada Bethel AME Church Morristown New Jersey Bethel AME Church Springtown New Jersey Greater Bethel AME Church Harlem New York Bethel AME Church and Manse Huntington New York Bethel AME Church Reidsville North Carolina Bethel AME Church Greensboro North Carolina Bethel AME Church Middletown Ohio Bethel AME Zion Church Aliquippa Pennsylvania Bethel AME Church Monongahela City Pennsylvania Bethel AME Church Reading Pennsylvania Bethel AME Church Anderson South Carolina Bethel AME Church Columbia South Carolina Bethel AME Church McClellanville South Carolina Bethel AME Church Brittons Neck South Carolina Mother Bethel AME Church Philadelphia Pennsylvania Bethel AME Church Providence Rhode Island Bethel Temple Fort Worth TexasBethel AME Church San Antonio Texas Third Street Bethel AME Church Richmond Virginia Bethel AME Church Saint Croix US Virgin Islands Bethel AME Church Parkersburg West Virginia Brown Chapel AME Church Selma Alabama Brown Chapel AME Church Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Brown Chapel AME Church Houston Texas Bryant Chapel AME Church Birmingham Alabama Brookins Community AME Church Los Angeles California Byrd's AME Church Clayton DelawareCampbell Chapel AME Church Americus Georgia Campbell Chapel AME Church Atchison Kansas Campbell Chapel AME Church Glasgow Missouri Campbell Chapel AME Church Pulaski Tennessee Campbell AME Church Philadelphia Pennsylvania Christ Our Redeemer AME Church Irvine California Ebenezer AME Church Baltimore Maryland Emanuel AME Church Charleston South Carolina Emanuel AME Church Mobile Alabama Emmanuel AME Church Durham North Carolina Empowerment Temple AME Church Baltimore Maryland Grant AME Church Chesilhurst New Jersey Grant AME Church Roxbury Massachusetts Grant AME Church Los Angeles California Jericho AME Church Beaufort South Carolina Johnson's Chapel AME Church Springfield Kentucky Joshua Chapel AME Church Waxahachie Texas Mary Springhill A.M.E. Church Shreveport Shreveport Mount Olive AME Church Clearwater Florida Mount Olive AME Church Ft. Myers Florida Mt. Pisgah AME Church Greenwood South Carolina Mount Tabor AME Church Kendrick Florida Mount Vernon AME Church Gamaliel Kentucky Mount Vernon AME Church Palestine Texas Mount Zion AME Zion Church Montgomery Alabama Mount Zion AME Church Jacksonville Florida Mount Zion AME Church Ocala FloridaMount Zion AME Church Montgomery Township New JerseyMount Zion AME Church Woolwich Township New Jersey Mount Zion AME Church Tredyffrin Township Pennsylvania Mount Zion AME Church Newport Rhode Island Mount Zion AME Church Greeleyville South Carolina Mount Zion AME Church Round O South Carolina Mount Zion AME Church Norfolk Virginia Olive Chapel AME Church Kirkwood Missouri Quinn Chapel AME Church Chicago Illinois Quinn Chapel AME Church Louisville Kentucky Quinn Chapel AME Church St. Louis Missouri Reid Temple AME Church Glenn Dale Maryland Rue Chapel AME Church New Bern North Carolina Saint Philip AME Church Atlanta Georgia Saint Phillips AME Church Toomsboro Georgia St. John AME Church Columbus Georgia St. John AME Church Chicago Illinois St. John's AME Church North Omaha Nebraska St. John AME Church Cleveland Ohio St. John's AME Church Norfolk Virginia St. James AME Church Sanford Florida St. James AME Church Ashland KentuckySt. James AME Church Danville Kentucky Saint James AME Church Picayune Mississippi St. James AME Church Macon Georgia St. James AME Church New Orleans Louisiana St. James AME Church (destroyed by arson in 1955) Lake City South Carolina St. James' AME Church Newark New Jersey St. James AME Zion Church Ithaca New York St. Joseph's AME Church Durham North Carolina St. Mark AME Church Tuscaloosa Alabama St. Matthew's Chapel AME Church Boonville Missouri St. Matthew AME Church Philadelphia Pennsylvania St. Peter's AME Church Harrodsburg Kentucky St. Peter's AME Zion Church New Bern North Carolina St. Peter AME Church Clarksville Tennessee St. Paul AME Church Santa Barbara California St. Paul AME Church Jacksonville Florida St. Paul AME Church West Palm Beach Florida St. Paul AME Church Glencoe Illinois St. Paul AME Church Cambridge Massachusetts St. Paul AME Church Port Huron Michigan St. Paul AME Church Columbia Missouri St. Paul AME Church St. Louis Missouri St. Paul AME Church Raleigh North Carolina St. Paul AME Church Fairfield Ohio St. Paul AME Church Lima Ohio St. Paul's AME Church Urbana Ohio St. Paul AME Church Fayetteville Tennessee St. Paul AME Church Rockwall Texas St. Paul AME Church Dallas Texas Greater St. Paul AME Church San Angelo Texas St. Paul AME Church Manchester Kentucky St. Stephen's AME Church Sandusky Ohio St. Stephen's AME Church Hardeeville South Carolina Salter's Chapel AME Church St. Helena Parish LouisianaSimpson-Poplar Springs AME ChurchMount AiryMaryland Tabernacle AME Church Idlewild Michigan Thomas Memorial AME Zion Church Watertown New York Thomas Chapel AME Zion Church Black Mountain North Carolina Turner Chapel AME Church Atlanta Georgia Turner Chapel AME Church Marietta Georgia Turner Memorial AME Church Hyattsville Maryland Wade Chapel AME Church Hillsboro Texas Ward Chapel AME Church Prattville Alabama Ward Chapel AME Church Selma Alabama Ward Chapel AME Church Muskogee Oklahoma Wayman Temple AME Church Jacksonville Florida Wesley Chapel AME Church Georgetown Texas Wesley Chapel AME Church Houston Texas Wesley Chapel AME Church San Marcos Texas Williams Chapel AME Church Orangeburg South Carolina Woodlawn AME Church Chicago Illinois Zion AME Church Camden Delaware

Liberia Eliza Turner AME Church, 34 Camp Johnson Road, Monrovia, founded in 1896 Empowerment Temple AME Church, Carey Street, Monrovia Morning Star AME, Kingsville #7 Township, Careysburg District, Montserrado County.

See also List of Methodist churches List of Methodist churches in the United States, which covers all or many of the U.S. ones above, amidst other Methodist churches, and is organized by state

References

External links

African Methodist Episcopal Church Proceedings #4825-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Official AME Site