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In the year 1787 Richard Allen, our founder, and a group of dark-skinned Americans of African descent were forced to organize themselves into a separate group for their own spiritual, social, educational and general growth and development. At that time, African American had not yet come into general use in reference to those of us who are now called Afro-Americans. All of our ancestors of that day were referred to as simply Americans of African descent, under the leadership of Richard Allen, constituted the first and founding members of our church.
States briefly, their responsibilities are to oversee the spiritual
and temporal affairs of our church, including presiding over annual conferences,
making pastoral appointments, ordaining deacons and elders, organizing
missions, and generally promoting the interests of the denomination.
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Last update 11 June 2003