African Methodist Episcopal worship is grounded in the traditions of John Wesley and Richard Allen, founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1797. Worship is African, liturgical, kerygmatic, charismatic, and democratic. Its special emphases are on preaching and participation, with focus on the altar call.
Transplanted Africans in America, under the leadership of Richard Allen, shaped Wesleyan worship with the ardor of their African tradition. Like their African forebears, ...
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