Question: Who started the Mother Bethel Church dedicated to a religion founded by the black community in the city where Henry Benbridge died?

the pattern of warfare, followed by brief periods of peace, continued for nearly another quarter-century. the warfare was definitively quelled in 1598, when henry of navarre, having succeeded to the french throne as henry iv, and having recanted protestantism in favour of roman catholicism, issued the edict of nantes. the edict reaffirmed catholicism as the state religion of france, but granted the protestants equality with catholics under the throne and a degree of religious and political freedom within their domains. the edict simultaneously protected catholic interests by discouraging the founding of new protestant churches in catholic-controlled regions. [citation needed] <SEP> The church was organized by African - American members of St. George's Methodist Church who walked out due to racial segregation in the worship services. On October 12, 1794, Reverend Robert Blackwell announced that the congregation was received in full fellowship in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mother Bethel was one of the first African - American churches in the United States, dedicated July 29, 1794, by Bishop Francis Asbury. In 1816 Rev Richard Allen brought together other black Methodist congregations from the region to organize the new African Methodist Episcopal Church denomination. He was elected bishop of this denomination. After the American Civil War, its missionaries went to the South to help freedmen and planted many new churches in the region. <SEP> in ancient times, the trading and colonizing activities of the greek tribes and city states spread the greek culture, religion and language around the mediterranean and black sea basins, especially in sicily and southern italy (also known as magna grecia), spain, the south of france and the black sea coasts. under alexander the great's empire and successor states, greek and hellenizing ruling classes were established in the middle east, india and in egypt. the hellenistic period is characterized by a new wave of greek colonization that established greek cities and kingdoms in asia and africa. under the roman empire, easier movement of people spread greeks across the empire and in the eastern territories, greek became the lingua franca rather than latin. the modern-day griko community of southern italy, numbering about 60,000, may represent a living remnant of the ancient greek populations of italy. <SEP> The state government left Philadelphia in 1799, and the federal government was moved to Washington, DC in 1800 with completion of the White House and Capitol. The city remained the young nation's largest with a population of nearly 50,000 at the turn of the 19th century; it was a financial and cultural center. Before 1800, its free black community founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), the first independent black denomination in the country, and the first black Episcopal Church. The free black community also established many schools for its children, with the help of Quakers. New York City soon surpassed Philadelphia in population, but with the construction of roads, canals, and railroads, Philadelphia became the first major industrial city in the United States. <SEP> Henry Benbridge (October 1743 – February 1812) was an early American portrait painter. When he was seven years old, his mother, who had been left a widow, was married to Thomas Gordon, a wealthy Scot. The boy's artistic talent was encouraged. He made decorative designs for his stepfather's drawing-room which were much admired. When he was fourteen years old he may have watched John Wollaston paint Gordon's portrait. It has been plausibly argued that young Benbridge had instruction from Wollaston, since his earliest known portrait, that of his half-sister Rebecca Gordon, "seems to hark back to Wollaston." When he was 21, Benbridge was sent to Italy, where he studied with Pompeo Batoni and Anton Raphael Mengs. In 1769, on commission from James Boswell, biographer of Dr. Samuel Johnson, he made a portrait of Pasquale Paoli in Corsica which he took to London. It was exhibited (1769) at the Free Society of Artists, and from it three mezzotints were scraped and published with the artist's name signed "Bembridge." Like other young Americans he was encouraged by Benjamin West. He wrote, on December 7, 1769, to his stepfather: "Upon my arrival I waited upon Mr. West who received me with a sort of brotherly affection, as did my cousin, Mrs. West." Impelled, apparently, by a longing to rejoin his family, he left England in 1770, bearing from West the following note of recommendation to Francis Hopkinson: "By Mr. Benbridge you will receive these few lines. You will find him an Ingenous artist and an agreeable Companion. His merit in the art must procure him great incouragement and much esteem. I deare say it will give you great pleasure to have an ingenous artist resident amongst you." He was born in Philadelphia, the only child of James and Mary (Clark) Benbridge.