OUR NAME

AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

 The word African means that the church was organized by people of African descent
and heritage. It does not mean that the church was founded in Africa, or that it
was for persons of African descent only.


The church’s roots are of the family of Methodist churches. Methodism
provides an orderly system of rules and regulations and places emphasis on a
plain and simple gospel.


Episcopal refers to the form of government under which the church operates.
It means that the church is governed by bishops. The chief executive and
administrative officers of the African Methodist Episcopal denomination are the
Bishops of the church.

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