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AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH:

The word African means that the AME church was organized and founded by people of African descent and heritage. Today, the AME Church is a ethnic diverse community of faith.

The church’s roots are of the family of Methodist churches. Methodism provides an orderly system of rules and regulations and places emphasis on a plain and simple gospel.

Episcopal refers to the form of government under which the church operates. It means that the church is governed by bishops. The chief executive and administrative officers of the African Methodist Episcopal denomination are the Bishops of the church.