P HILADELPHIA — For the first time in its 237-year existence, Philadelphia’s Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church, a National Historic Landmark known as a hub of activism and the first African ...
The Rev. Carolyn C. Cavaness is preparing for her first Christmas as the spiritual leader of the historic Philadelphia church ...
PHILADELPHIA — For the first time in its 237-year existence, Philadelphia’s Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church, a National Historic Landmark known as a hub of activism and the first African Methodist ...
click image for close-up Construction of Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, shown in this 1804 engraving, was completed in 1805. It replaced the original structure ...
10, with the worship service beginning at 9:30 a.m. Mother Bethel was founded in 1787 by Richard Allen, the first bishop of the AME Church. The church’s legacy includes hosting the first meeting ...