African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
- African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
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▪ American religion
black Methodist (
Methodism) church in the United States, organized in 1821; it adopted its present name in 1848. It developed from a congregation formed by a group of blacks who in 1796 left the John Street Methodist Church in New York City because of discrimination. They built their first church (
Zion) in 1800 and were served for many years by white ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1821 a conference attended by representatives of six black churches and presided over by a white Methodist minister elected a black bishop, James Varick.
After the American Civil War the church grew rapidly in the North and the South. Foreign-mission programs were established in South America, Africa, and the West Indies.
The church is Methodist in doctrine and church government; a general conference is held every four years. In 2005 the church reported more than 1.2 million members and about 3,200 congregations. Its headquarters are in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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