The genius and theory of Methodist polity, or, The machinery of Methodism, practically illustrated through a series of questions and answers
By: by H.M. Turner
Contributors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Government; History; Catechisms; English; English Catechisms; African Americans; Religion; Methodism; Miscellanea; African Methodist Episcopal Church
Other titles: Genius and theory of Methodist polity; Machinery of Methodism; Church in the Southern Black community.
Description: An introduction to the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church, directed towards "the neophyte ministry and laity of our church". Turner's book asks and then answers 1115 basic questions about church ideology, organization, administration, and history. He concludes the guide to the A.M.E. Church by providing the general rules and constitution of the church, as well as several blank versions of frequently used forms.
Notes: Title from electronic title page.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection The Church in the Southern Black community.

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Transcribed from: The genius and theory of Methodist polity, or, The machinery of Methodism, practically illustrated through a series of questions and answers / by H.M. Turner. Philadelphia : Publication Department, A.M.E. Church, c1885. xii, 342 p. ; 20 cm. "Approved by the General Conference of the A.M.E. Church."

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