the African Methodist Episcopal Church
GPTKB entity
Properties (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:Christian_denomination
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| gptkbp:affiliation |
gptkb:World_Methodist_Council
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| gptkbp:associated_with |
African_American_community
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| gptkbp:celebrates |
Annual Conference
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| gptkbp:charityWork |
gptkb:AME_Church_Development_Corporation
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| gptkbp:denomination |
Methodism
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| gptkbp:doctrine |
Wesleyan theology
social holiness |
| gptkbp:education |
gptkb:AME_Church_schools
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| gptkbp:founded |
1816
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| gptkbp:founder |
gptkb:Richard_Allen
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| gptkbp:global_presence |
churches_in_Europe
churches_in_Africa churches_in_South_America churches_in_the_Caribbean |
| gptkbp:governing_body |
General Conference
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| gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
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| gptkbp:historical_significance |
first independent Black denomination in the United States
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| gptkbp:historicalEvent |
gptkb:First_General_Conference_in_1816
Civil_Rights_Movement_involvement Establishment_of_AME_Church_in_Africa AME_Church's_response_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic AME_Church's_response_to_the_Great_Migration AME_Church's_role_in_community_service AME_Church's_role_in_the_Underground_Railroad AME_Church's_role_in_the_abolition_of_slavery AME_Church's_role_in_the_establishment_of_HBCUs Bishop_Allen's_death_in_1831 Bishop_Richard_Allen's_ordination Establishment_of_AME_Church_in_Jamaica Establishment_of_AME_Church_in_Liberia Establishment_of_AME_Zion_Church Formation_of_AME_Church_in_Canada Formation_of_the_AME_Church Formation_of_the_AME_Church_in_the_Bahamas Formation_of_the_AME_Church_in_the_UK Bishop_Henry_McNeal_Turner_and_the_African_diaspora AME_Church's_involvement_in_the_Black_Lives_Matter_movement AME_Church's_involvement_in_the_Pan-African_movement |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
the African Methodist Episcopal Church
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| gptkbp:membership |
approximately 2.5 million
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| gptkbp:mission |
spreading the Gospel
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| gptkbp:notableArtists |
gptkb:Mother_Bethel_AME_Church
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| gptkbp:notableFigures |
gptkb:Bishop_Daniel_A._Payne
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| gptkbp:publications |
gptkb:The_Christian_Recorder
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| gptkbp:social_responsibility |
advocacy
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| gptkbp:team |
AME_Women_in_Ministry
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| gptkbp:traditions |
Baptism
Holy Communion |
| gptkbp:youth_development |
AME Youth
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