Racial Equity Resources

When John Wesley, who opposed chattel slavery, established Methodism in what became the United States, there were no racial distinctions in worship. Eventually White leaders began imposing restrictions on their Black brethren. This resulted in Blacks leaving the church in the late 1700s and officially establishing their own denomination, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, in the early 1800s. As we begin Black History Month, learn more about the AME Church and its founders.

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