Record ID:
65459560 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
Description conventions:
  • rda
LC number:
  • n 80060458
Heading:
Corporate body details:
  • African American churches
Lived/located in:
  • Nashville (Tenn.)
Fields of activity:
  • African American Methodists
Used for:
  • A.M.E.
  • A.M.E. (Bethel) Church
  • A.M.E. Church
  • AME
  • AME Church
  • AMEC
See also:
Notes:
  • The African Methodist Episcopal Church, founded in 1816, is a predominantly African-American Methodist denomination based in the United States.
  • Encyclopedia of African American culture and history, 1996: v. 1, p. 64 (In the 19th century the African Methodist Episcopal Church expanded outside of the U.S.; in 1884, the British Methodist Episcopal (BME) Church, in existence since 1856, reunited with the African Methodist Episcopal Church)
  • HIV/AIDS prevention education curriculum ... c1993: t.p. (African Methodist Episcopal Church, A.M.E.)
  • Its Web site, viewed June 21, 2013 homepage (African Methodist Episcopal Church, AME Church, AMEC) our history (The AMEC grew out of the Free African Society) contact us (500 8th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203, cio@ame-church.com) http://www.ame-church.com/
  • MWA/NAIP files (established at Philadelphia 1816 with Rev. Richard Allen consecrated as first bishop; not to be confused with the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, established N.Y.C. 1820)
  • The Christian recorder, 1943-
  • The Lord's dominion, the history of Canadian methodism, c1996: p. 7 (British Methodist Episcopal Church is a Canadian offshoot of the African Methodist Episcopal Church) p. 123, etc. (British Methodist Episcopal connexion; Canada Conference in 1856 felt disadvantage of ties to American parent group and established the independent British Methodist Episcopal connexion at Chatham) p. 444 (British (African) Methodist Episcopal Church still in existence)
  • Walker, C. E. A rock in a weary land, c1981: CIP info. (A.M.E. Church)
  • Walls, W.J. The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 1974: p. 460 (A.M.E. (Bethel) Church)
  • Wikipedia, viewed June 21, 2013 (African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the A.M.E. Church, is a predominantly African-American Methodist denomination based in the United States; associations: National Council of Churches, World Council of Churches, Churches Uniting in Christ)
Cataloguing source:
  • DLC eng rda DLC DLC MWA NcU CU-S VJTL