Radnor Township is hosting a wreath-laying ceremony Friday, Feb. 14, for AME Church founder Bishop Richard Allen, reports The ...

15, at the Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, D.C. Richard Newman, a professor of history at RIT, wrote Freedom’s Prophet: Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church and the Black Founding Fathers in ...

bishop of the First Episcopal District of the AME Church, the position that Allen held after founding the church. “Those of us who grew up in the AME Church grew up hearing the story of Richard ...

Richard Allen – born Feb ... for and by Blacks that stands today, the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in 1794, here in Philadelphia. Allen’s leadership secured the formal founding ...

The First Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church unveiled “The Legacy of Bishop Richard Allen and AME Church Mural” on Monday in West Philadelphia. The four-story high ...

(RNS) The U.S. Postal Service called Richard Allen “an inspiring figure whose life and work resonate profoundly in American history.” (RNS) Richard Allen, the first bishop of the African ...

The Senior Bishop is the active Bishop with ... Founded in 1787 by Richard Allen, the African Methodist Episcopal Church is the world’s oldest denomination founded by African-Americans.

REVEREND PATRICK CLAIBORNE IS THE SENIOR PASTOR OF BETHEL AME CHURCH, A PLACE THAT’S ORIGINS TRACE WAY BACK TO 1785 WITH A YOUNG BLACK PREACHER NAMED RICHARD ALLEN, THE FOUNDER OF THE AME CHURCH.

where the AME Church started under Bishop Richard Allen in 1787. This district includes the eastern half of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, New England (including Massachusetts ...

Vashti Murphy McKenzie is the first female bishop of the African Methodist ... rather than theological beliefs and differences. The African Methodist Episcopal Church was formed in 1816 by Richard ...