The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the
"AME Church," is a Christian denomination founded by Bishop Richard
Allen in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania,
in 1816. The church was organized
by African-American
members of St. George's Methodist Episcopal Church. The incident that led to
this was the removal of Absalom
Jones (1746-1818) from the church by the trustees while he was in the act
of prayer. The congregation
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supported the act of the trustees, and Allen and Jones led the African-American
members to form the Bethel Church for Negro Methodists in Philadelphia.
In general, they adopted the doctrines and form of government of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
