Richard Allen
250 years later, Methodists reflect on Francis Asbury’s mission, legacy
By Adelle M. Banks — November 1, 2021
(RNS) — ‘For many years he visited nearly every state once a year and traveled more extensively across the American landscape than probably any person of his day,’ said an Asbury biographer.
Methodist racial history recalled on 250th anniversary of Asbury’s US arrival
By Adelle M. Banks — October 21, 2021
(RNS) — ‘Francis Asbury’s role in helping develop Methodism in America,’ one expert said, ‘is one of those factors that gave birth to the Black Christian experience in Philadelphia.’
We need a better strategy to plant Black and brown churches
By Thabiti Anyabwile and John Onwuchekwa — June 19, 2021
(RNS) — Solidarity does not mean assimilation.
AME Church continues 200-year journey toward racial justice
By Adelle M. Banks — July 7, 2016
(RNS) Two centuries later, members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church made another pilgrimage to Philadelphia for the denomination’s General Conference.
AME Church founder honored with postage stamp
By Adelle M. Banks — February 1, 2016
(RNS) The U.S. Postal Service called Richard Allen “an inspiring figure whose life and work resonate profoundly in American history.”
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