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Hello! From All of Us Here at Stephen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Stephen Chapel A.M.E. Church in Gause, TX is 137 years young! Proud to have had a part in nurturing the Christian journeys of numerous families all of those years, we would like to welcome you a still very family-oriented house of praise and worship and assure you that, whether single or married with children, if you choose to make your home in our quaint, growing and changing city we're here to help however we can with your family's milestones, challenges and successes. What matters to you and yours can find Godly respect, humane repair and sound resiliency with us!
The Divine is Always in Focus at Our Gatherings of Joy & Belief, and in Our Remembrances of Loss & Grief
Faith & Spirituality with The People of the Anvil
Stephen Chapel Welcomes You to the Diaspora of Our Faith Tradition through Our Introductory Booklet
The African Methodist Episcopal Church is the oldest Black Christian faith denomination in North America. It was founded in 1787, when a group of slaves and free persons - led by Richard Allen - denounced any further verbal insult or physical violation by walking out of St. George's Methodist Church in Philadelphia, purchasing an old Blacksmith's shop, and starting worship there.
They called this place Bethel ("House of God"). The first pulpit was, in fact, an anvil, with the first preacher and later first elected and consecrated bishop for the new faith tradition, being Richard Allen. He taught himself to read and write and purchased his and his brother's freedom from slavery. He later organized and incorporated several churches into the African Methodist Episcopal Church denomination.
Begun in protest, born in prayer at the altar, and shaped on the anvil of God in a blacksmith shop, we are humbly yet proudly His People, A People, The People of the Anvil!
English copies are currently out of stock at the church, but can be purchased through the AME Christian Education Department. Meanwhile, until restocked, Swahili, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Haitian-Creole and Dutch copies are available for download below.
The A.M.E. Church's Quadrennial Call for Renewal
