Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Emanuel AME Church
"Mother Emanuel" African Methodist Episcopal Church
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32°47′14″N 79°55′59″W / 32.78722°N 79.93306°W / 32.78722; -79.93306
Location	Charleston, South Carolina
Country	United States
Denomination	African Methodist Episcopal Church
Membership	1600 (2008)
Website	motheremanuel.com
History
Status	Church
Founded	1816
Founder(s)	Rev. Morris Brown Denmark Vesey
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	John Henry Devereux
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1891 (1891)
Specifications
Capacity	2500
Number of spires	1
Administration
District	Seventh
Parish	African Methodist Episcopal Church
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Samuel Lawerence Green
Senior pastor(s)	Rev. Eric S.C. Manning
Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District Contributing Property
Location	Charleston, South Carolina
Architect	John Henry Devereux
Part of	Charleston Historic District (ID66000964[1])
NRHP reference No.	100003056
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 25, 2018
Designated NHLDCP	October 15, 1966 (1966-10-15)

Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, colloquially Mother Emanuel, is a church in Charleston, South Carolina, founded in 1817. It is the oldest AME church in the Southern United States; founded the previous year in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, AME was the first independent black denomination in the nation. Mother Emanuel has one of the oldest black congregations south of Baltimore^[2] (black Baptist churches were founded in South Carolina and Georgia before the American Revolutionary War).