Wayne Chapel AME Zion Church -

1. By what name was Zion Church incorporated?

A. The African Methodist Episcopal Church, in New York City.

2. What class of people organized Zion Church?

A. Colored members of the first Methodist Episcopal Church in New York.

3. Why did they withdraw from that Church?

A. That they might better enjoy religion and do more to save their fellowmen from sin.

4. Were there any other reasons for so doing?

A. They were not treated with the same consideration and respect as their white brethren.

5. Why then is the word "African" prefixed to the rest of the title of the Church?

A. Because the Church is controlled by descendants of Africans, in the interest of humanity, regardless of race, color, sex or condition.

6. What doctrine is therefore especially characteristic of the A. M. E Zion Church?

A. That no distinction should be made in the Church on account of race, color or condition.

7. What scripture teaches this doctrine?

A. Galatians, 8:28. "There is neither Jew nor Greek, bond nor free, male nor free, male nor female, in Christ Jesus, but all are one." (Church.)

8. What other doctrine is also especially emphasized by the A. M. E. Zion Church?

A. That no race has the right to claim jurisdiction over any part of the earth to the detriment or exclusion of any other race.

9. Where is that doctrine taught in the Scriptures?

A. In St. Paul's sermon to the Greeks at Athens where he said "God hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell upon the face of the earth."

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