Book contents
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Richard Allen and the Rise of African Methodism in the Atlantic World, 1760–1831
- 2 The Freedom Church, 1831–1861
- 3 “Welcome to the Ransomed,” 1861–1880
- 4 A Denomination in the Diaspora, 1880–1916
- 5 Into the Second Century: Migration, Depression, and War, 1916–1945
- 6 Freedom Now! Civil Rights, Black Power, and Anticolonial Insurgencies, 1945–1976
- 7 Becoming a Global Church, 1976–2018
- Epilogue
- Appendix The Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1816–2018
- Bibliography
- Index
5 - Into the Second Century: Migration, Depression, and War, 1916–1945
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 December 2019
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Richard Allen and the Rise of African Methodism in the Atlantic World, 1760–1831
- 2 The Freedom Church, 1831–1861
- 3 “Welcome to the Ransomed,” 1861–1880
- 4 A Denomination in the Diaspora, 1880–1916
- 5 Into the Second Century: Migration, Depression, and War, 1916–1945
- 6 Freedom Now! Civil Rights, Black Power, and Anticolonial Insurgencies, 1945–1976
- 7 Becoming a Global Church, 1976–2018
- Epilogue
- Appendix The Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1816–2018
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The Centennial General Conference of African Methodism opened on May 3, 1916 in Philadelphia at Mother Bethel Church. This towering edifice was situated on the same property on which the congregation built its first structure in 1794. After the traditional singing of Charles Wesley’s “And Are We Yet Alive,” Bishop Joseph S. Flipper delivered an opening prayer to commemorate this historic meeting and to thank God for this “spot where our founder and first Bishop organized this branch of Thy Zion.” He was grateful “for that spirit which Richard Allen manifested to the world, when he with a few others, in 1787, rose from their knees in St. George Church, and marched out to stand up for manhood Christianity, believing that ‘God made out of one blood all men to dwell upon all the face of the earth.’” Flipper also asked the Lord to “bless our brethren from West Africa, South Africa and South America and the isles of the sea, and may they realize as they meet with us here and elsewhere and labor with us, that we are brothers and sisters [from the same] home land.”1
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- The African Methodist Episcopal ChurchA History, pp. 237 - 365Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020