A.M.E. Church

1. The African Methodist Episcopal Church; an important denomination for African-Americans, founded in 1816 by the ex-slave and preacher Richard Allen. It is noted for education and philanthropy in the black community. An offshoot is the C.M.E. (Christian Methodist Episcopal) Church.

Example Sentences

Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., the oldest A.M.E. church in the South, will forever be associated with former President Barack Obama because of his memorable — and melodic — eulogy for the nine victims of a racist massacre in its fellowship hall in June 2015.

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The society was founded in 1881 by A.M.E. church bishop Daniel Payne, one of a number of such groups created as Black literacy rates rose during Reconstruction.

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After more than a month, her mother was memorialized at her church, the Allen A.M.E. church in Queens.

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While there was surely acknowledgement of Black History Week — established in 1926 — at my A.M.E. church, calendars didn’t commemorate specific dates in Black history.

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The initiative is a product of the Munson-Williams-Proctor’s advisory panel known as the African American Community Partners, which includes a pastor at the city’s oldest A.M.E. church.

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