List of African Methodist Episcopal Churches
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This is a list of African Methodist Episcopal Churches. The African Methodist Episcopal Church is based in the United States but seven of its 20 districts are overseas, including in Liberia, the United Kingdom, Angola, and South Africa.[1] Its Women's Missionary Service, an NGO, operates in 32 countries.[2]
Contents
- 1 United States
- 1.1 Adams
- 1.2 Allen
- 1.3 Baber
- 1.4 Bethel
- 1.5 Brown
- 1.6 Bryant
- 1.7 Brookins
- 1.8 Byrd
- 1.9 Campbell
- 1.10 Christ
- 1.11 Emanuel
- 1.12 Emmanuel
- 1.13 Grant
- 1.14 Jericho
- 1.15 Johnson
- 1.16 Joshua
- 1.17 Mt. Olive
- 1.18 Mt. Pisgah
- 1.19 Mount Vernon
- 1.20 Mt. Zion
- 1.21 Olive
- 1.22 Quinn
- 1.23 Reid
- 1.24 Rue
- 1.25 Saint Philip
- 1.26 St. John
- 1.27 St. James
- 1.28 St. Joseph
- 1.29 St. Mark
- 1.30 St. Matthew
- 1.31 St. Peter
- 1.32 St. Paul
- 1.33 St. Stephen
- 1.34 Salter's
- 1.35 Tabernacle
- 1.36 Thomas
- 1.37 Turner
- 1.38 Wade
- 1.39 Ward
- 1.40 Wesley
- 1.41 Williams
- 1.42 Woodlawn
- 1.43 Zion
- 2 Liberia
- 3 See also
- 4 References
- 5 Further reading
- 6 See also
United States
(by name group, then by state)
Adams
Allen
Richard Allen founded the AME church in 1816. Sarah Allen was known as its "founding mother".
- 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 A. M. E. Cathedral of New York, Jamaica, 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, D.C.
Baber
- Baber AME Church, Carrier Mills, Illinois
- Baber AME Church, Rochester, New York
Bethel
- Big Bethel AME Church, Atlanta, Georgia
- Bethel AME Church, Batesville, Arkansas
- Bethel AME Church, Malvern, Arkansas
- Bethel AME Church, Oxnard, California
- Greater Bethel AME Church, Miami, Florida
- Bethel AME Church, Acworth, Georgia (listed on the NRHP in Cobb County)
- Bethel African Methodist Church, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Bethel AME Church, Davenport, Iowa
- Bethel AME Church, Iowa City, Iowa
- Bethel AME Church, Champaign, Illinois
- Bethel AME Church of Crawfordsville, Crawfordsville, Indiana (listed on the NRHP in Montgomery County)
- Bethel AME Church, Hammond, Indiana
- Bethel AME Church, Indianapolis, Indiana
- Bethel AME Church, Richmond, Indiana, (listed on the NRHP in Wayne County)
- Bethel AME Church, Coffeyville, Kansas
- Bethel AME Church, Manhattan, Kansas, (listed on the NRHP in Riley County)
- Bethel AME Church, Shelbyville, Kentucky
- Union Bethel AME Church, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Bethel AME Church, Baltimore, Maryland
- Bethel AME Church, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts
- Bethel AME Church and Parsonage, Plymouth, Massachusetts
- Bethel AME Church, Vicksburg, Mississippi
- Bethel Chapel AME Church, Louisiana, Missouri
- Union Bethel AME Church, Great Falls, Montana (listed on the NRHP in Cascade County)
- 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, Greensboro, North Carolina[3]
- Bethel AME Church, Middletown, Ohio
- Bethel AME Zion Church, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
- Bethel African American Episcopal Church of Monongahela City, 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, Texas
- Bethel AME Church, San Antonio, Texas
- Third Street Bethel AME Church, Richmond, Virginia
- Bethel AME Church, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Bethel AME Church, Parkersburg, West Virginia
Brown
- Brown Chapel AME Church, Selma, Alabama
- Brown Chapel AME Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Brown Chapel AME Church, Houston, Texas
Bryant
- Bryant Chapel AME Church, Birmingham, Alabama
Brookins
- Brookins Community AME Church, Los Angeles, California
Byrd
Campbell
- Campbell Chapel AME Church, Americus, Georgia (listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Sumter County, Georgia)
- Campbell Chapel AME Church, Atchison, Kansas
- Campbell Chapel AME Church, Glasgow, Missouri
- Campbell Chapel AME Church, Pulaski, Tennessee
Christ
- Christ Our Redeemer AME, Irvine, California
Emanuel
Emmanuel
Grant
- Grant AME Church, Chesilhurst, New Jersey
- Grant AME Church, Roxbury, Massachusetts
Jericho
- Jericho AME Church, Beaufort, South Carolina
Johnson
Joshua
Mt. Olive
- Mount Olive AME Church, Clearwater, Florida
- Mount Olive AME Church, Ft. Myers, Florida
Mt. Pisgah
Mount Vernon
Mt. Zion
- Mount Zion AME Zion Church, Montgomery, Alabama
- Mount Zion AME Church, Jacksonville, Florida
- Mount Zion AME Church, Ocala, Florida
- Mount Zion AME Church, Woolwich, New Jersey
- Mount Zion AME Church, Newport, Rhode Island
- Mount Zion AME Church, Greeleyville, South Carolina
- Mt. Zion AME Church, Round O, South Carolina
- Mt Zion AME Church, (Norfolk, Virginia
Olive
Quinn
- Quinn Chapel AME Church, Chicago, Illinois
- Quinn Chapel, Louisville, Kentucky
- Quinn Chapel AME Church, St. Louis, Missouri
Reid
Rue
Saint Philip
- Saint Philip AME Church, Atlanta, Georgia
- Saint Phillips AME Church, Toomsboro, Georgia
St. John
- 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
- St. James AME Church, Sanford, Florida
- St. James AME Church, Ashland, Kentucky
- St. James AME Church, Danville, Kentucky (listed on the NRHP in Boyle County)
- Saint James AME, Picayune, Mississippi
- St. James AME Church, New Orleans, Louisiana
- St. James' AME Church, Newark, New Jersey
- St. James AME Zion Church, Ithaca, New York
St. Joseph
St. Mark
St. Matthew
St. Peter
- St. Peter's AME Church, Harrodsburg, Kentucky
- St. Peter's AME Zion Church, New Bern, North Carolina
- St. Peter African Methodist Church, Clarksville, Tennessee
St. Paul
- St. Paul AME Church, Santa Barbara, California
- St. Paul AME Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- St. Paul AME Church, Port Huron, Michigan
- St. Paul AME Church, Columbia, Missouri
- St. Paul AME Church, Saint 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. Stephen
Salter's
- Salter's Chapel AME Church, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana
Tabernacle
- Tabernacle AME Church, Idlewild, Michigan
Thomas
- Thomas Memorial AME Zion Church, Watertown, New York
- Thomas Chapel AME Zion Church, Black Mountain, North Carolina
Turner
- Turner Chapel AME Church, Atlanta, Georgia
- Turner Chapel AME Church, Marietta, Georgia
- Turner Memorial AME Church, Hyattsville, Maryland
Wade
- Wade Chapel AME Church, Hillsboro, Texas
Ward
- Ward Chapel AME Church, Prattville, Alabama
- Ward Chapel AME Church, Selma, Alabama
- Ward Chapel AME Church, Muskogee, Oklahoma
Wesley
- Wesley Chapel AME Church, Georgetown, Texas
- Wesley Chapel A.M.E Church, Houston, Texas
Williams
Woodlawn
- Woodlawn AME Church, Chicago, Illinois
Zion
Liberia
- Eliza Turner AME Church, 34 Camp Johnson Road, Monrovia, founded in 1896[4][5]
- Empowerment Temple AME Church, Carey Street, Monrovia[6]
See also
- 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
Further reading
African Methodist Episcopal Church Proceedings #4825-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
See also
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