the African Methodist Episcopal Church

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Christian_denomination
gptkbp:affiliated_with gptkb:AME_Church_Women's_Missionary_Society
gptkbp:annual_event gptkb:conference
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:community_service gptkb:education
gptkb:community_development
healthcare
gptkbp:denomination gptkb:Methodism
gptkbp:doctrine Wesleyan theology
gptkbp:education_institution gptkb:Wilberforce_University
gptkb:Allen_University
gptkb:Payne_Theological_Seminary
gptkb:Morris_Brown_College
gptkb:Claflin_University
gptkbp:founded 1816
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Richard_Allen
gptkbp:geographic_distribution gptkb:Africa
gptkb:Caribbean
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:has_tradition gptkb:sacraments
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:historical_event Civil War involvement
Civil Rights activism
Post-Civil War expansion
Global mission work
Formation of the AME Church
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:Bishop_Henry_Mc_Neal_Turner
gptkb:Bishop_Daniel_A._Payne
gptkb:Bishop_Benjamin_W._Arnett
gptkb:Bishop_Paul_Quinn
gptkb:Richard_Allen
gptkb:Bishop_Richard_Allen
gptkb:Bishop_Francis_Asbury
gptkb:Sarah_Allen
gptkb:Bishop_William_H._Heard
gptkb:Bishop_John_F._Thomas
gptkbp:historical_significance first independent Black denomination in the United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the African Methodist Episcopal Church
gptkbp:is_worshipped_by liturgical
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:membership approximately 2.5 million
gptkbp:notable_figures gptkb:Bishop_Daniel_A._Payne
gptkb:Bishop_William_H._Heard
gptkbp:philosophy gptkb:African_Methodist_Episcopal_Zion_Church
gptkb:Mother_Bethel_AME_Church
gptkb:Christian_Methodist_Episcopal_Church
gptkbp:political_position gptkb:social_justice
gender equality
racial equality
gptkbp:youth_programs AME Youth
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Harriet_Tubman
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3