Richard Allen (bishop) - Wikipedia
Richard Allen (February 14, 1760 – March 26, 1831) [1] was a minister, educator, writer, and one of the United States' most active and influential black leaders. In 1794, he founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), the first independent Black denomination in the United States. He opened his first AME church in 1794 in Philadelphia. [2]
Richard Allen and the Origins of the AME Church
Jun 9, 2021 · Richard Allen and the Origins of the AME Church. Today’s post was written by Holly Rivet, archival technician at the National Archives in St. Louis. Richard Allen was born February 14, 1760, enslaved to Benjamin Chew, a Quaker lawyer in Philadelphia.
Richard Allen - Life, Death & Facts - Biography
May 10, 2021 · In 2008, Richard Newman and NYU Press published an acclaimed biography of Allen — Freedom's Prophet: Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church and the Black Founding Fathers. QUICK FACTS
Richard Allen | African-American, Founder, Bishop | Britannica
5 days ago · Richard Allen (born February 14, 1760, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [U.S.]—died March 26, 1831, Philadelphia) was the founder and first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, a major American denomination.
Richard Allen - Christianity Today
Aug 8, 2008 · In April, delegates from several black Methodist churches convened in Philadelphia and drew up an "Ecclesiastical Compact" that united them in the independent African Methodist Episcopal Church...
Richard Allen, Bishop, and AME Leader born - African American Registry
He was a Black religious leader, founder, and first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. Allen was born a slave in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
God In America: People: Richard Allen - PBS
Oct 11, 2010 · Born into slavery in 1760, Richard Allen became a Methodist preacher, an outspoken advocate of racial equality and a founder of the African Methodist Church (AME), one of the largest...
Richard Allen | Encyclopedia.com
May 29, 2018 · Richard Allen was a Methodist preacher who became a founder of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. Allen was among the first black Americans to receive formal ordination (priestly authority) in any religious denomination.
Later Life and Ministry | Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Allen’s extraordinary life shows a man deeply devoted to his religion, his community, and his desire to expand the rights of African Americans. After the formation of Mother Bethel, the congregation grew in leaps and bounds and overcame multiple struggles for …
Richard Allen - General Commission on Archives & History
Richard Allen. 1760-1831. The founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church was born a slave in Philadelphia. After purchasing his own freedom as a young man, he joined St. George’s Methodist Church, from which in 1787 he led a dramatic withdrawal of black members.