The African Methodist Episcopal Church, established in 1787 and the world’s oldest Protestant denomination created by persons of African descent, had held a conference each four years since 1816. Its ...
AND TESTIMONY FOR CENTURIES, THE BLACK CHURCH HAS BEEN A KEY PIECE OF NOT ONLY BLACK HISTORY, BUT AMERICAN HISTORY. HERE IN NEBRASKA. ST JOHN AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL IS THE STATE’S OLDEST BLACK ...