Methodist/Pietist Family - Religious Group Timeline Association
Associated with Race/Ethnicity and Religion - Religious Groups
Events
| Event | Introduction | Type |
|---|---|---|
| African Methodist Episcopal Church | In 1816, the African Methodist Episcopal Church formed after years of unequal treatment with white Methodists. It is the oldest existing African-American denomination in the U.S. | |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church | The African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Church formed in 1821 as a response to racial discrimination and segregation. | |
| Christian Methodist Episcopal Church | In 1870, the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church formed after southern black Methodists desired to form their own denomination following the Civil War. | |
| Freedmen's Aid Society | In the 1860s, the Freedmen's Aid Society formed with the goal of increasing educational opportunities for blacks in the American South. | |
| Indian Manual Training School Founded in Oregon | In 1835, Methodist missionaries established a mission and manual labor school for American Indians, which was largely unsuccessful. | |
| John Chivington Leads Sand Creek Massacre | In 1864, former Methodist Episcopal Church pastor John Chivington led a massacre against Colorado Native Americans, now known as the Sand Creek Massacre. | |
| Methodist Episcopal Church, South | In 1845, the contentious issue of American slavery divided the Methodist Episcopal Church into Northern and Southern denominations. | |
| Publication of Religious Experience and Journal of Mrs. Jarena Lee | Jarena Lee’s 1836 autobiography is one of the first extended life accounts of a black woman in America. | |
| Sojourner Truth's Methodist Conversion | In 1843, Sojourner Truth converted to Methodism and found her calling as an important social activist for blacks as well as women. | |
| The Wesleyan Methodist Church Connection | In 1843, abolitionists split from the Methodist Episcopal Church over slavery and church governance. | |
| Thomas Coke's Anti-Slavery Resolution, "Christmas Conference" | The Christmas Conference of 1784 allowed American Methodists to establish their new denominational identity in the United States and to reaffirm their opposition to slavery. | |
| Union Church of Africans | In 1813, the Union Church of Africans became the first independently organized black church in the United States. |
Biographies
| Name | Introduction |
|---|---|
| Allen, Richard | Richard Allen (1760-1831) was an influential black minister who established the first black denomination in the United States. |
| Hosier, Harry | Harry Hosier (1750-1806) was a renowned public speaker and one of the first licensed black preachers in Methodism. |
| Lee, Jarena | Jarena Lee (1783-1855) was one of the first black female preachers in America. |
| Payne, Daniel Alexander | Daniel Alexander Payne (1811-1893) was an African Methodist Episcopal Church bishop and the first black college president in the United States. |
| Smith, Amanda Berry | Amanda Berry Smith was a Methodist evangelist and missionary, author, founding member of the NAACP and founder of an orphanage for Black children in Chicago. |
| Tubman, Harriet | Harriet Tubman (1820-1913), known as the "Moses of her people," helped more than 300 slaves find freedom through the Underground Railroad. |
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