Many don't know the abolitionist and AME Church founder honored in this new Delaware mural
Richard Allen, born into slavery near Smyrna, rose to found the AME Church and promote rights for African Americans.
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Radnor Has Ties to AME Church Founder Bishop Richard Allen
Radnor Township is hosting a wreath-laying ceremony Friday, Feb. 14, for AME Church founder Bishop Richard Allen, reports The Keystone. The ceremony, at Bishop Richard Allen Park, 227 Brook Street ...
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Rockford’s African Methodist Episcopal Church celebrates its founding father
(WIFR) - February is not only Black History Month, it’s also a time when African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Churches worldwide celebrate its founding father Richard Allen. In 1794, Richard Allen ...
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Woman pastor to lead historic AME church for first time in its 230-year history
Mother Bethel AME Church of Philadelphia, which was established by AME Church founder Richard Allen in the 1790s, announced ...
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'A freedom movement': West Baltimore's Bethel AME Church preserves storied past
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.
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Religious Experience and Journal of Mrs. Jarena Lee
Jarena Lee became the first woman to be authorized to preach by Richard Allen, founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Although he at first denied her request, Bishop Allen was so moved ...
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Allen Chapel Church celebrates its founder
(WTVO) — A Rockford church celebrated its founding father, Richard Allen ... celebration recognizes not only Allen but the birth of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.