National Historic Landmark - Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church

National Historic Landmark - Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church

Founded in 1793, Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (1889) is a living memorial to Richard Allen (1760-1831), former slave, Methodist minister, preeminent Black leader, and founder of the first permanent national association ...

Bethel A.M.E. Church

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This church, founded in 1866, was one of the first separate African-American congregations established in Columbia after the Civil War. It met in buildings on Wayne St., at Lincoln & Hampton Sts., and at Sumter & Hampton Sts. ...

Bethel A.M.E. Church

Berks County's oldest Black church building. Erected 1837 by free African Americans; became an Underground Railroad station for escaped slaves seeking freedom. Rebuilt 1867; remodeled 1889. Congregation, dating from 1822, moved to Windsor Street in 1974.

Marker is at the intersection ...

Bethel A.M.E. Church

The Bethel African Methodist Episcopal congregatoin is the oldest independent black institution in Baltimore. Its origins date back to the late 18th century, when blacks withdrew from the parent Methodist Church in protest against racially segregated seating and lack of ...

Bethel A.M.E. Church

Incorporated in 1843

Moved in 1845 to the

building called “The

Seminary” standing here

at that time.

Marker is on Park Avenue (County Route 35), on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Bethel A.M.E. Church

Founded 1808 & known as the African Church. Chartered in 1818. Located nearby in early years, church was site of area's first school for colored children, 1831, & statewide civil rights convention, 1841. Congregation moved to Wylie Avenue, 1872; to ...

Bethel A.M.E. Church

On May 10, 1846, a group of African-American residents of Wilmington who had affiliated themselves with the African Methodist Episcopal Church held a meeting for the purposes of electing trustees and organizing as a corporate body. At the time, approximately ...

Bethel A.M.E. Church

Among the earliest (c.1820) African American congregations located west of the Susquehanna River. The site of Underground Railroad activity. Abolitionists John Peck and John B. Vashon were members. A.M.E. national Bishops Daniel Payne and Wills Nazrey were associated with the ...