| Expressions | Definition |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church | RightThe African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the "AME Church", is a Christian denomination founded by Bishop Richard Allen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1816. (references) |
| Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church | The Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in 1793 by Richard Allen, an African-American, at Sixth and Lombard Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the first African-American church opened in the United States. It opened for public worship July 17, 1794 and was dedicated July 29, 1794, by Bishop Francis Asbury. On October 12, 1794, Reverend Robert Blackwell announced from the pulpit that the congregation was received in full fellowship in the Methodist Episcopal Church. (references) |
| Charismatic episcopal church | A church founded in the early 1990s as an attempt to meld the modern charismatic movement with historic Catholic Christianity. The denomination has never been, and is in no way politically related to the Episcopal Church USA. (references) |
| Christ Episcopal Church Tuscaloosa Alabama | The Christ Episcopal Church of Tuscaloosa, Alabama was organized on January 7, 1828, by thirteen men who elected the first vestry that night. In the first year, the vestry hired the architect William Nichols to design the building and oversee its construction. The lot was purchased from the Masons for $150.00, and the cost of the building was $1,700.00. Twenty-five pews were placed in the church and were sold for bids ranging from $75 to $150 or were rented for $8 a year. This was the only source of income at the time. The building was completed, and on April 12, 1831, the University of Alabama held charter ceremonies here. Additions and changes to the church building have taken place over the years: in 1882 the building was enlarged and remodeled from Greek revival to Gothic style, and the bell tower was added. An organ was installed in 1830 when the building was finished, but in 1941 the console was moved from the south to the north side of the chancel. The parish hall and rectory were begun in 1906, but in 1952 the old rectory was torn down and ground was broken for the chapel and education building. In 1984 a narthex was added on the west end of the nave to protect the church from street noise, and at the same time, a cloistered walk was built from the education building and the bell tower. Today Christ Church is the oldest church in the diocese. Thirty-five stained glass windows add colorful inspiration to the buildings on the property: seventeen in the main church, eight in the parish hall, six in the chapel, four in the narthex and a domed ceiling in the chancel. The Rev. William H. Judd was the first priest to serve Christ Church. (references) |
| Christian Methodist Episcopal Church | The Christian Methodist Epsicopal Church is a historically black denomination within the broader context of Methodism. The group was organized in 1870 when several black ministers, with the full support of their white counterparts in the former Methodist Episcopal Church, South, met to form an organization that would allow them to establish and maintain their own polity, that is, to ordain their own bishops and ministers without the necessity of them being officially endorsed or appointed by the white-dominated body. They called this fellowship the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, which it remained until their successors adopted the current name in the 1950s. (references) |
| Dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America | The Episcopal Church in the United States of America is governed by 100 dioceses in the United States proper, plus eleven dioceses in other countries or outlying U.S. territories. Each is led by a bishop. A diocese includes all the congregations within its borders, which usually correspond to a state or a portion of a state. (references) |
| Episcopal Church | 1: United States church that is in communication with the see of Canterbury. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| | 2: An autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East | The Episcopal Church of Jerusalem and the Middle East is one of the geographically largest and most diverse Anglican church provinces, stretching from Iran in the east to Tunisia in the west, and Cyprus in the north to Somalia in the south. (references) |
| Episcopal Church of Scotland | An autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Episcopal Conference | In the Roman Catholic Church, an Episcopal Conference, Conference of Bishops, or National Conference of Bishops is a conference consisting of all the bishops within a given territory. Episcopal conferences are generally defined by geographic borders, with all the bishops in a given country belonging to the same conference. (references) |
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