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The Sons of Allen
http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/talbert/menu.html
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.
The Genius and Theory of Methodist Polity, or, The Machinery of Methodism
http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/turnerpolity/menu.html
Book in question-and-answer format, on the structure and history of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Was published in 1885.
The Doctrines and Discipline of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/ame/menu.html
Full text online of the first edition, published 1817.
Small and Rural Churches United
http://ourchurch.com/member/s/sarcu
Offers support and grant information to small and rural churches of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Small urban churches also encouraged.
Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History
http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/handy/menu.html
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.
Recollections of Seventy Years
http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/payne70/menu.html
The autobiography of Daniel Alexander Payne.
Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church
http://www.ushistory.org/tour/mother-bethel.htm
Substantial historical article on the founding of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and its "mother church" in Philadelphia.
Lawton District
A part of the Oklahoma Annual Conference, in the 12th Episcopal District. An explanation of where they fit in the structure of the A.M.E. Church, church directory, events calendar, quarterly newsletter, links.
History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/payne/menu.html
Lengthy book by Daniel Alexander Payne, bishop, president of Wilberforce. Includes portraits of some early A.M.E. bishops.
Grow, Glow, and Go for Christ
Young people and children's division of the AME church. Includes overview, calendar, photos, district events, locator and president.
Debutante-Masters Commission
http://www.ourchurch.com/member/d/dmc
Offers youth and young adults a year long curriculum on the Bible and life skills.
Cyclopaedia of African Methodism
http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/waymancyc/menu.html
An encyclopedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, published in 1882. By Bishop A.W. Wayman.
CONN-M-SWAWO, Plus P.K.'s
A support ministry that seeks to encourage and empower clergy families. Events, greetings, membership, P.K. scholarships and overview.
Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/wright/menu.html
Compiled by Bishop Richard R. Wright, Jr. Reference work published in 1916.
An Apology for African Methodism
http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/tanner/menu.html
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 influential women.
AME Church South Africa
http://www.angelfire.com/wa/CLIVE/index.html
Information and links supporting an African voice and leadership in the local jurisdiction.
African Methodist Episcopal Church, 17th District
http://www.amec3000.org/17th_District/
Represents Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Overview, districts, bishops, officers and directory.
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Official AME church website. History, structure, worldwide outreach, announcements of events, and other news and information.
African Methodism in the South, or, Twenty-Five Years of Freedom
http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/gaineswj/menu.html
History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church following Emancipation, by W.J. Gaines, a bishop from Georgia.
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.
A History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/cssmith/menu.html
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.