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The Christian Methodist Epsicopal Church is a historically black denomination within the broader context of Methodism. The group was organized in 1870 when several black ministers, with the full support of their white counterparts in the former Methodist Episcopal Church, South, met to form an organization that would allow them to establish and maintain their own polity, that is, to ordain their own bishops and ministers without the necessity of them being officially endorsed or appointed by the white-dominated body. They called this fellowship the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, which it remained until their successors adopted the current name in the 1950s. An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black), is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ...
A religious denomination, (also simply denomination) is a large, long-established subgroup within a religion that has existed for many years. ...
The Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity. ...
1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
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The Methodist Episcopal Church, South was the so-called Southern Methodist Church resulting from the split in the Methodist Episcopal Church which had been brewing over several years until it came out into the open at a conference held in Louisville, Kentucky in 1845. ...
A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ...
In most Protestant churches, a minister is a member of the ordained clergy who leads a congregation or participates in a role in a parachurch ministry; such a person may also be called a Pastor, Preacher, Bishop, Chaplain or Elder. ...
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The church maintains a publishing house in Memphis, Tennessee, as well as Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee and Miles College in Fairfield, Alabama. Nickname: The River City, The Bluff City Official website: http://www. ...
Lane College is a four-year, accredited historically black college located in Jackson, Tennessee, just east of the downtown area. ...
Jackson is a city located in Madison County, Tennessee. ...
Miles College is a Historically Black College (HBCU) founded in 1905. ...
Fairfield, founded in 1910 is a city located in Jefferson County, Alabama with a population of 12,381. ...
In the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, bishops are administrative superintendents of the church; they are elected by "delegate" votes for as many years deemed until the age of 74, then he/she must retire. Among their duties, are responsibility for appointing clergy to serve local churches as pastor, for performing ordinations, and for safeguarding the doctrine and discipline of the Church. The General Conference, a meeting every four years, are comprised of an equal number of clergy and lay delegates. In each Annual Conference, CME bishops serve for four year terms. CME Church bishops may be male or female.
Religious beliefs
The Articles of Religion are an official doctrinal statement of American Methodism. ...
Social Creed The C.M.E. Church has set forth a Social Creed (Christian Methodist Episcopal).
Hymnal and responsive readings Sunday worship services in the CME denomination commonly include a Responsive Reading from scripture. A leader reads a line of scripture and the congregation reads a response. Bible passages are not arranged by topic; Responsive Readings are. Often, a single Responsive Reading consists of excerpts from several Bible passages.
The CME Responsive Readings are published in The Hymnal of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Items 1-545 are songs and items 546-604 are Responsive Readings. The official Responsive Readings are from the King James Version of the Bible. This site has substituted the same excerpts from New King James Bible (NKJV).
CME Connectional Emblem
 CME Connectional Emblem The official logo or symbol of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church was originally authorized by Bishop B. Julian Smith for the Centennial General Conference held in Memphis, 1970. It was officially adopted by the General Conference in 1974 as the denomination's connectional marker. Image File history File links Cmelogo. ...
Designed by Will E. Chambers, the logo shows the place of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in the rapidly changing urbanized society and its relation to God's people. The logo is composed of:
- The World Globe which represents the vineyard of God;
- The Skyline which stands for the Church's concern for human and urban problems and people's alienation from God and one another;
- The Weather Vane which symbolizes the need of the Church to be flexible in terms of meeting the contemporary needs of people; and
- The Cross which denotes, by its vertical bar, the need for a proper relationship between people and God, and by its horizontal bar, the need for proper relationships between people. The total Cross is a sign of the final-assured victory through the blood of Jesus Christ.
Ecumenical activity The CME church has been in negotiations for many years to merge with the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church into a tentatively-named Christian Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. The plan was originally for them to unite by 2004, but this has been delayed by the AMEZ church, which, for example, insists on having "African" in the name. [1] [2] The CMEC very similar in doctrine and practice to that church and the African Methodist Episcopal Church. History The African Methodist Episcopal Zion church, or AME Zion Church, was officially formed in 1848, but operated for a number years before then. ...
The Christian Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a tentative name for a merger between the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. ...
The Bitchy Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the AME Church, is a Christian denomination founded by Bishop Richard Allen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1816. ...
Terrorism Statement of the C.M.E. College of Bishops Attacks on America: Responding With Love and Justice, prepared by The Commission on Social Justice and Human Concerns, CME Convocation, September 25 - 28, 2001, Nashville, Tennessee.
See also The Articles of Religion are an official doctrinal statement of American Methodism. ...
Churches Uniting in Christ (CUIC) brings together nine mainline American denominations (including both predominantly white and predominantly black churches), and was inaugurated on January 20, 2002. ...
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