AME Church

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/AME_Church

GPTKB entity

Statements (95)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Christian_denomination
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:AME
gptkbp:annualEvent	gptkb:United_Nations_General_Assembly
gptkbp:class	gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:directionA	gptkb:Methodist
gptkbp:emphasizes	gptkb:community_service education social justice
gptkbp:firstChurch	gptkb:Mother_Bethel_AME_Church
gptkbp:firstChurchLocation	gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:foundedIn	1816
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:Richard_Allen
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:African_Methodist_Episcopal_Church
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Nashville,_Tennessee,_United_States
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	first independent Protestant denomination founded by Black people
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	AME Church
gptkbp:mainLanguage	English
gptkbp:motto	gptkb:God_Our_Father,_Christ_Our_Redeemer,_the_Holy_Spirit_Our_Comforter,_Humankind_Our_Family
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Benjamin_Tucker_Tanner gptkb:Jarena_Lee gptkb:Daniel_Payne gptkb:Frederick_Douglass gptkb:Rosa_Parks gptkb:Richard_Allen gptkb:James_Varick gptkb:Wilberforce_University gptkb:Henry_McNeal_Turner gptkb:Vashti_Murphy_McKenzie
gptkbp:notableRuler	gptkb:Adam_Jefferson_Richardson_Jr. gptkb:Daniel_Payne gptkb:James_Levert_Davis gptkb:William_Paul_Quinn gptkb:Richard_Allen gptkb:John_Bryant gptkb:Henry_McNeal_Turner gptkb:Vashti_Murphy_McKenzie
gptkbp:numberOfMembers	over 2 million
gptkbp:operates	gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Atlanta) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Baltimore) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Birmingham) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Boston) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Charleston) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Chicago) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Cleveland) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Dallas) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Denver) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Detroit) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Houston) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Indianapolis) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Jacksonville) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Kansas_City) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Los_Angeles) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Memphis) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Miami) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Minneapolis) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(New_Orleans) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(New_York_City) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Oakland) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Philadelphia) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Pittsburgh) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Portland) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Richmond) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Sacramento) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(San_Diego) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(San_Francisco) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Savannah) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Seattle) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(St._Louis) gptkb:Bethel_AME_Church_(Washington,_D.C.) gptkb:St._James_AME_Church_(Cape_Town) gptkb:St._John_AME_Church_(Nashville) gptkb:St._Paul_AME_Church_(St._Louis) gptkb:Morris_Brown_College gptkb:Allen_University gptkb:Edward_Waters_University gptkb:Payne_Theological_Seminary gptkb:Wilberforce_University gptkb:Mother_Bethel_AME_Church gptkb:Paul_Quinn_College gptkb:Shorter_College gptkb:Turner_Theological_Seminary
gptkbp:policy	Episcopal
gptkbp:publishes	gptkb:AME_Church_Review gptkb:The_Christian_Recorder
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Africa gptkb:Caribbean gptkb:Europe gptkb:South_America gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:relatedOrganization	gptkb:Christian_Methodist_Episcopal_Church gptkb:AME_Zion_Church
gptkbp:website	https://www.ame-church.com/
gptkbp:worshipStyle	Methodist liturgy
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:African_Methodist_Episcopal_Church
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4