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The Legacy of the AME Church in the State of Alabama
rward with excellent on Saturday! R Inspired to always movi Historical Reflections of the Alabama River Region Conference
By Presiding Elder Jacquelyn L. Denson
oving forward with excellent on Monday! R Devoted to alw In 1830, slaves in Selma, Alabama attended the First Methodist (site of the “Bloody Sunday”
always moving forward with excellent on Wednesday! R A Episcopal Church, today known as Church Street Methodist March), Selma, AL, St. Paul
Church, with their white slave masters. After the Union won the AME Church (home church CivilWarandPresidentAbrahamLincolnsignedtheEmancipation of Deaconess Rosa Parks),
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Proclamation, the black parishioners, moved to the basement of Montgomery, AL, St. John’s
aturday! R Inspired to always moving forward with excellent the Colored A.M.E. Church of South Selma, which later became Montgomery, AL, St. John’s
a building on Broad Street in 1866. That basement later became AME Church,
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The Albert Hotel. The church’s emphasis was on preaching the AME Church (Capitol Hill),
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Gospel,SundaySchool,andMission.TheColoredA.M.EChurch ofSelmawasadmittedtotheAfricanMethodistEpiscopalChurch
Montgomery, AL, Campbell Chapel AME Church (home
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activist in the Underground Many bishops, presiding elders, pastors, and laity have
Railroad, was elected and served the conference and the church well. Bishops serving the
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consecrated the 11th Bishop redistricted Alabama Region Conferences are Bishop James L.
of the African Methodist Davis, Bishop Harry L. Seawright. and our present Prelate, Bishop
was Julius H. McAllister, Jr. All Presiding Elders of the Old Alabama
Episcopal Church. He
n Friday! R Compelled to always moving forward with excell assigned to serve a district that was composed of South Carolina, Conference made significant contributions with two in particular,
Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. Bishop Brown organized and held Presiding Elder Ananias Perry, Jr. and Presiding Elder Leo Brock,
ith excellent on Sunday! R Striving to always moving forwar the first Alabama Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Sr. The Presiding Elders who have served the Alabama River
Church on July 25, 1868, at the Colored A.M. E. Church in Selma, Region are the Revs. Albert L. H. Hyche, James E. Arnell, and Dr. Alabama. The Alabama Conference is historically recorded by the Farrell J. Duncombe. The present Presiding Elder, the first female
rward with excellence on Tuesday! R Dedicated to always A.M.E. Church, as the first conference established in the great to serve in the history of the conference, is the Rev. Dr. Jacquelyn
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state of Alabama. Later, the Colored A. M. E. Church was named L. Denson.
Brown Chapel in honor of Bishop John Mifflin Brown.
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The Montgomery Selma District is the only Presiding Elder’s of the establishment of the
District assigned to the Alabama River Region Conference, Alabama Conference. To God
xcellence on Tuesday! R Dedicated to always moving forwar formerly known as the “Alabama Conference”. We are the proud be the Glory!
Presiding Elder’s District to Historic Brown Chapel AME Church
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