AME Zion Church

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Christian_denomination
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:AME_Zion
gptkbp:class gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:color gptkb:gold
purple
white
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:directionA gptkb:Methodist
gptkbp:emphasizes abolitionism
civil rights
education
social justice
gptkbp:founded 1796
gptkbp:foundedIn gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Christopher_Rush
gptkb:James_Varick
gptkb:Peter_Williams,_Jr.
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:African_Methodist_Episcopal_Zion_Church
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Charlotte,_North_Carolina
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label AME Zion Church
gptkbp:motto gptkb:The_Freedom_Church
gptkbp:notableEvent active in Underground Railroad
participated in abolitionist movement
supported civil rights movement
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
gptkb:Harriet_Tubman
gptkb:Sojourner_Truth
gptkb:Jermain_Wesley_Loguen
gptkb:Alexander_Walters
gptkb:George_W._Clinton
gptkb:William_H._Davenport
gptkb:Bishop_George_Lincoln_Blackwell
gptkb:Bishop_William_Jacob_Walls
gptkb:James_Walker_Hood
gptkb:Julia_A._J._Foote
gptkbp:numberOfCongregations over 4,000
gptkbp:numberOfMembers 1.2 million
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:policy Episcopal
gptkbp:region gptkb:Africa
gptkb:Asia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Caribbean
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:India
gptkb:South_America
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkb:Christian_Methodist_Episcopal_Church
gptkb:African_Methodist_Episcopal_Church
gptkbp:separates gptkb:Methodist_Episcopal_Church
gptkbp:website https://www.amez.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:African_Methodist_Episcopal_Zion_Church
gptkb:AME_Church
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5