Rev. Carlton Brown, Associate Minister

Rev. Eugene Mobley, Senior Associate Minister

Rev. Dr. Marcius O. King, Pastor

Rev. Elizabeth E. Yates, M. Div., Presiding Elder

Rt. Rev. McKinley Young, Presiding Bishop



Motto . . .

God our Father, Christ our Redeemer, the Holy Spirit our Comforter, Humankind our Family

Our Name . . .

AFRICAN - means that people of African descent and heritage organized the church. It does not mean that the church was founded in Africa or that it is for people of African descent only. It does mean that those Americans who founded it were of African descent and we proudly recognize this fact. We welcome all who worship Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.



METHODIST - refers to the church's membership in the family of Methodist churches. Richard Allen, the founder and first bishop, felt that the form and format of Methodism would best suit the needs of the African community at that time.



EPISCOPAL - refers to the form of government under which the church operates. The Episcopal form of government means that the chief executive and administrative officers of our denomination are our bishops. The General Conference, elected representatives of the entire denomination, gives them their authority. Their responsibilities are to oversee the spiritual and temporal affairs of the church.

Our Beginning . . .
In 1787, Reverend Richard Allen, Absalom Jones and a band of followers withdrew from the St. George's Methodist Church in Philadelphia because of the "unkind treatment" and discrimination with which these worshippers of African descent faced. They felt they no longer could worship in a congregation that would not affirm them fully as children of God with equal potential and worth. Allen and the others began worshipping in a blacksmith shop. They founded the Free African Society, which was the beginning of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC).