A History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
1922 work by C.S. Smith, meant to supplement Daniel Alexander Payne's book of the same title. Smith's book picks up the story in 1856.
A.M.E. Today
A contemporary look at the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church, the largest of the historically African American Methodist denominations in the United States.
African Methodism in the South, or, Twenty-Five Years of Freedom
History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church following Emancipation, by W.J. Gaines, a bishop from Georgia.
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Official AME church website. History, structure, worldwide outreach, announcements of events, and other news and information.
African Methodist Episcopal Church, Fifth District
Serving the Western United States. Information and links.
An Apology for African Methodism
1867 book by Benjamin J. Tanner defends the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Also has history of conferences and districts, profiles of local ministers, information on influenti…
Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
Compiled by Bishop Richard R. Wright, Jr. Reference work published in 1916.
Cyclopaedia of African Methodism
An encyclopedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, published in 1882. By Bishop A.W. Wayman.
Debutante-Masters Commission
Offers youth and young adults a year long curriculum on the Bible and life skills.
History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
Lengthy book by Daniel Alexander Payne, bishop, president of Wilberforce. Includes portraits of some early A.M.E. bishops.
Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church
Substantial historical article on the founding of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and its "mother church" in Philadelphia.
Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History
Book by Bishop James A. Handy of Baltimore, published in 1902. Looks at the A.M.E. Church's early days in Philadelphia, New York, and Baltimore, as well as its early conferences.
Small and Rural Churches United
Offers support and grant information to small and rural churches of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Small urban churches also encouraged.
The Doctrines and Discipline of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
Full text online of the first edition, published 1817.
The Genius and Theory of Methodist Polity, or, The Machinery of Methodism
Book in question-and-answer format, on the structure and history of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Was published in 1885.
The Sons of Allen
Biographical profiles of more than one hundred prominent members of the A.M.E. Church, along with a brief history of Wilberforce University. Book published in 1906.