[DOC] [TLE] Richard Allen (bishop) - Wikipedia [PAR] Richard Allen (February 14, 1760  March 26, 1831) was a minister, educator, 
writer, and one of America's most active and influential black leaders. In 1794 he 
founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), the first independent 
black denomination in the United States. .... On April 10, 1816, the other ministers 
elected Allen as their first bishop. [DOC] [TLE] African Methodist Episcopal Church - Wikipedia [PAR] The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the A.M.E. Church, is a 
predominantly ... Richard Allen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1816 from 
several black Methodist ... Allen was consecrated its first bishop in 1816. .... The 
African Methodist Episcopal Church has a unique history as it is the first major 
religious... [DOC] [TLE] Richard Allen - Religious Figure, Author, Journalist, Civil Rights ... [PAR] Mar 25, 2016 ... Minister, educator and writer Richard Allen was born into slavery on February 14, 
1760. ... the FAS "the first wavering step of a people toward organized social life. 
... Then, in 1816, with support from representatives from other black ... the African 
Methodist Episcopal Church, and became its first bishop. [DOC] [TLE] African Methodist Episcopal Church founded | African American ... [PAR] Richard Allen then became the first AME bishop. The Black Methodist church in 
the United States was formally organized in 1816. ... Francis Asbury of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church ordained Richard Allen its minister. In 1816, Asbury 
consecrated Allen bishop of the newly organized African Methodist Episcopal 
Church. [DOC] [TLE] Richard Allen, Bishop, AME's first leader | African American Registry [PAR] He was a Black religious leader, founder and first bishop of the African ... 
Episcopal Church and Jones became the denomination's first Black priest. ... 
Because all experienced similar challenges from white Methodists, Allen 
organized a convention of Black Methodists in 1816 to address their ... Today in 
American History. [DOC] [TLE] The Four Horsemen - 7th Episcopal District-Ame Church [PAR] Richard Allen, the founder and first Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal ... 
Despite his lack of formal medical training, Allen was a noted "Bleeder", the ... 
gave praise to Bishop Allen for his services during the Black Plague in 1793 ... 
The African Methodist Episcopal denomination was organized in Philadelphia in 
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1816. [DOC] [TLE] The Origins of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Richard Allen [PAR] St. George's Methodist Episcopal Church to serve as preacher to its black 
members. In 1793 ... church, named Bethel. Over two decades later, in 1816, 
Allen led the formation of the first organized black denomination in the United 
States, the ... the ones we formerly occupied below, not knowing any better. We 
took those... [DOC] [TLE] Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church (Philadelphia) - ExplorePAHistory.com [PAR] Stained glass window of Richard Allen, Morther Bethel AME Church, 
Philadelphia,. ... Both men had been born into slavery, worked to purchase their 
freedom, and ... the African Methodist Episcopal Church, which was formally 
organized in 1816. ... Mother Bethel, in 1830, also hosted the first national 
convention of blacks in... [DOC] [TLE] History of the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church [PAR] The denomination, founded by Richard Allen in 1787, was established in protest 
against ... The A.M.E. denomination, the first African American independent 
religious body in the United States, was organized in 1816. ... A. M. E. Church to 
the Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, May, 1900, Columbus, 
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Question: This important black church was formally organized in 1816 with Richard Allen as its first bishop
Answer: African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME)