Directory of African Methodist Episcopal Resources

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• A History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

  http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/cssmith/menu.html
  1922 work by C.S. Smith, meant to supplement Daniel Alexander Payne's book of the same title. Smith's book picks up the story in 1856.

• African Methodism in the South, or, Twenty-Five Years of Freedom

  http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/gaineswj/menu.html
  History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church following Emancipation, by W.J. Gaines, a bishop from Georgia.

• African Methodist Episcopal Church

  http://www.ame-church.com/
  Official AME church website. History, structure, worldwide outreach, announcements of events, and other news and information.

• AME Church South Africa

  http://www.angelfire.com/wa/CLIVE/index.html
  Information and links supporting an African voice and leadership in the local jurisdiction.

• An Apology for African Methodism

  http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/tanner/menu.html
  1867 book by Benjamin J. Tanner defends the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Also has history of conferences and districts, profiles of local ministers, information on influential women.

• Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

  http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/wright/menu.html
  Compiled by Bishop Richard R. Wright, Jr. Reference work published in 1916.

• Cyclopaedia of African Methodism

  http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/waymancyc/menu.html
  An encyclopedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, published in 1882. By Bishop A.W. Wayman.

• Debutante-Masters Commission

  http://www.ourchurch.com/member/d/dmc
  Offers youth and young adults a year long curriculum on the Bible and life skills.

• History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

  http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/payne/menu.html
  Lengthy book by Daniel Alexander Payne, bishop, president of Wilberforce. Includes portraits of some early A.M.E. bishops.

• Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church

  http://www.ushistory.org/tour/mother-bethel.htm
  Substantial historical article on the founding of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and its "mother church" in Philadelphia.

• Recollections of Seventy Years

  http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/payne70/menu.html
  The autobiography of Daniel Alexander Payne.

• Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History

  http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/handy/menu.html
  Book by Bishop James A. Handy of Baltimore, published in 1902. Looks at the A.M.E. Church's early days in Philadelphia, New York, and Baltimore, as well as its early conferences.

• Small and Rural Churches United

  http://ourchurch.com/member/s/sarcu
  Offers support and grant information to small and rural churches of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Small urban churches also encouraged.

• The AME Church Clergy Family Information Center

  http://www.amecfic.org/
  Global notification ministry which emails bereavement notices and congratulatory announcements. Also message board and history.

• The Doctrines and Discipline of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

  http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/ame/menu.html
  Full text online of the first edition, published 1817.

• The Genius and Theory of Methodist Polity, or, The Machinery of Methodism

  http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/turnerpolity/menu.html
  Book in question-and-answer format, on the structure and history of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Was published in 1885.

• The Sons of Allen

  http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/talbert/menu.html
  Biographical profiles of more than one hundred prominent members of the A.M.E. Church, along with a brief history of Wilberforce University. Book published in 1906.

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