- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (CME Church)
- Creator:
- Hatfield, Edward A.
- Date of Original:
- 2007-11-08
- Subject:
- Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church--Political activity
African American churches
Churches--United States
African Americans--Religion
African American universities and colleges
African American universities and colleges--Georgia--Augusta
Universities and colleges--United States
Universities and colleges--Georgia--Augusta
Paine College
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America
Methodist Church--United States
Methodists--United States
African American Methodists
Ecumenical movement--United States
Interdenominational cooperation--United States
Church--Unity
Social problems--United States
Social justice--United States
Social action--United States
Political participation--United States
African Americans--Politics and government
Social participation--United States
Community life--United States
United States--Politics and government--20th century
United States--Social conditions--20th century
United States--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Civil rights--United States
Civil rights--Georgia
African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia
Church work--United States
Politics, Practical--United States
Theology, Practical--United States - People:
- Hollowell, Donald L., 1917-2004
Johnson, Joseph A.
Robinson, Ruby Doris Smith, 1941-1967 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434 - Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (CME Church), formerly the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, which is a historically African American denomination with more than 800,000 members in the United States. Formed in 1870 in Jackson, Tennessee, as a separate black denomination by the Methodist Episcopal Church South, the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church was the first African American denomination established in the South. In 1956 the name change to the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church not only signaled the church's repudiation of Jim Crow-era racial subordination but also highlighted a more ecumenical emphasis on religious, rather than racial, identity.Thereafter, the church became more active in the civil rights movement.Church polity and theology are consistent with other major American Methodist denominations, and the church participates in such ecumenical organizations as the National Council of Churches. The CME Church supports four colleges, including Paine College in Augusta, Georgia, and maintains missions in Ghana, Haiti, Jamaica, Liberia, and Nigeria.
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- Original Collection:
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