The History of
The African Methodist Episcopal Church


Richard Allen
Founder and First Bishop
of the A. M. E. Church.

Second Wife of Richard Allen
Founder of the Women's Missionary Society

Meaning of A.M.E.

A. - African meaning people of African Descent;

M. - Methodist meaning members of the family of Methodist;

E. - Episcopal designating the form of government in which
the chief executive officers are Bishops;

Church - meaning an organization of Christian believers
who observe the same rites and acknowledge the same
ecclesiastical authority.

A. M. E. MOTTO

God our Father, Christ our Redeemer, Man our Brother

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