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Plenty of Juneteenth events have already been celebrated in Philadelphia and the region, but there are many more coming up.
Mother Emanuel is the largest African American church in Charleston and one of the oldest AME churches south of the ...
Before Richard Allen founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church and became North America’s first Christian bishop of African descent and the namesake of Columbia’s Allen University, he ...
Richard Allen Bishop. By. Staff Reports - May 23, 2025. Facebook. Twitter. Pinterest. WhatsApp. ... 2025 at 1PM at The Light Church, 2861 North County Road 500 West in Bargersville, ...
Richard Allen Bishop, 90 of Indianapolis, IN passed away Saturday, May 17, 2025, ... 2025, at 1PM at The Light Church 2861 North County Road 500 West in Bargersville, ...
The mural in memory of Richard Allen unveiled March 14, 2025 in Smyrna features some of the key moments in the life of the abolitionist and founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church ...
Richard Allen, born into slavery near Smyrna, rose to found the AME Church and promote rights for African Americans. Some of his most notable achievements are illustrated in a new mural unveiled ...
The church's history traces back to 1785 with its founder, a young Black preacher named Richard Allen. He was stationed at a Methodist prayer house in Baltimore where African Americans came to ...
James' death was announced by the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church on April 24. According to the district, James was born on April 7, 1922, in Prosperity.
RADNOR — Dozens of Main Line residents spent time on a cold morning on Feb. 14 in Bryn Mawr to remember and honor the life of Bishop Richard Allen, founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
With the new panel honoring Bishop Richard Allen are from left, the Rev. Mark Kelly Tyler, 52nd pastor of the Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church; the Rev. Carolyn C. Cavaness, pastor ...