The ideas and practices that the African-American church promoted were quite diverse. These included healthy living, holiness, wealth and prosperity among others.
As the African population rapidly grew, the African American Church soon became a political, cultural, and social center for them.
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Bethel African American Episcopal Church of Monongahela City was created in 1871.
First African Baptist Church in Savanna, GA
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Minister Richard Allen founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Pennsylvania. He opened the church, which is the first independent African American church in 1794.
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The Black Christian Church, or the African-American Church.
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he was an archbishop in the 1780's involved with the ame church