1844 AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Rare Church Scandal at Bethel Church in Baltimore. ZZAutographsandArtifacts " This can hardly be

" This can hardly be referring to anyone other than John Dickinson [1732-1808]

The soiling of their dreams:

But is of Peace between God and Man

Sharp intervened once more

and were initially the only pair of revivalists

1844 AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Rare Church Scandal at Bethel Church in Baltimore. ZZAutographsandArtifacts " This can hardly beVery rare 1844 document related to an early financial scandal at one of the founding churches of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Mother Bethel Church of Baltimore, Maryland. Early A. M. E. church history reflects a variety of challenges from the larger black experience that found expression in local congregations. There was a legitimate desire for black leadership in the growing network of A. M. E. churches, but black clergy who had effective