The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the "AME Church," is a Christian denomination founded by Bishop Richard Allen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1816. The church was organized by African-American members of St. George's Methodist Episcopal Church. The incident that led to this was the removal of Absalom Jones (1746-1818) from the church by the trustees while he was in the act of prayer. The congregation supported the act of the trustees, and Allen and Jones led the African-American members to form the Bethel Church for Negro Methodists in Philadelphia. In general, they adopted the doctrines and form of government of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
