Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church
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For the Alabama church, see Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Mobile, Alabama).
Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, colloquially Mother Emanuel, is a church in Charleston, South Carolina, founded in 1817. It is the oldest AME church in the Southern United States; founded the previous year in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, AME was the first independent black denomination in the nation. Mother Emanuel has one of the oldest black congregations south of Baltimore[2] (black Baptist churches were founded in South Carolina and Georgia before the American Revolutionary War).
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Emanuel AME Church | |
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"Mother Emanuel" African Methodist Episcopal Church | |
32°47′14″N 79°55′59″W | |
Location | Charleston, South Carolina |
Country | United States |
Denomination | African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Membership | 1600 (2008) |
Website | motheremanuel.com |
History | |
Status | Church |
Founded | 1816 |
Founder(s) | Rev. Morris Brown Denmark Vesey |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | John Henry Devereux |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Groundbreaking | 1891 (1891) |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 2500 |
Number of spires | 1 |
Administration | |
District | Seventh |
Parish | African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Clergy | |
Bishop(s) | Samuel Lawerence Green |
Senior pastor(s) | Rev. Eric S.C. Manning |
Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church | |
Location | Charleston, South Carolina |
Architect | John Henry Devereux |
Part of | Charleston Historic District (ID66000964[1]) |
NRHP reference No. | 100003056 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | October 25, 2018 |
Designated NHLDCP | October 15, 1966 (1966-10-15) |
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