Download
Skip this Video
Create Presentation
Download Presentation
1 / 5
CME
214 Views
Download Presentation
CME. Christian Methodist Episcopal. Christian Methodist Episcopal - CME. In 1844 the Methodist Church was split on the issue of slavery with the Northern states against slavery and the Southern states for it. The blacks wanted autonomy and the whites wanted blacks to leave.
Uploaded on
Download Presentation
CME
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E N D - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Presentation Transcript
CME Christian Methodist Episcopal
Christian Methodist Episcopal - CME • In 1844 the Methodist Church was split on the issue of slavery with the Northern states against slavery and the Southern states for it. • The blacks wanted autonomy and the whites wanted blacks to leave. • As a result the Methodist Episcopal Church South in 1866 at their General Conference honored the petitions of the blacks to withdraw.
CME move • In 1870 the third African American Methodist denomination was founded. • It was call “Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America.” http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/phillips/phillips.html
It was founded by bishops William H. Miles and Richard H. Vanderhorst. • In 1954 they changed their name from “Colored” to “Christian.” http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/phillips/phill199.jpg
One of the early bishops of the CME church • Lucius Holsey worked hard for the CME church. • He worked hard to mend the racial divide. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/media_content/m-1900.jpg