Digital Archives
A digital gateway to the records, publications, people, churches, and institutions that shaped African Methodism and Black religious history.
Beyond Digitization
The AME Archives provides research tools that document the religious, educational, political, and cultural work of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. These materials help recover the story of Black institution building from the age of emancipation to the modern church.
Lessons
Read lesson plans, primary source activities, teaching guides, and interpretive essays built from materials housed in the archive.
Interactive Maps
View the geographic footprint of the African Methodist Episcopal Church through historical maps, migration patterns, conferences, schools, and congregations.
A Research Portal for African Methodist History
The AME-Digital Archives is designed as a public-facing research portal. Visitors can move between archival items, curated exhibits, denominational publications, local church histories, and teaching resources.
The archive centers African Methodist sources as evidence of Black religious agency, emancipationist theology, community formation, education, publishing, and institutional survival.
Access is free for all AME card-holding members.
The Christian Recorder
The Christian Recorder is the oldest existing periodical published by African-Americans in the United States whose existence dated before the Civil War. It had its genesis in The Christian Herald, which was established by the General Conference that was held in Philadelphia in 1848.
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AME Church Review
The A.M.E. Church Review is the journal of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Established in 1841 and revived in 1884, it is arguably the earliest published African-American journal. It publishes articles on religion, politics, history, and world events.
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