| Emanuel AME Church | |
|---|---|
| "Mother Emanuel" African Methodist Episcopal Church | |
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  Emanuel AME Church  Emanuel AME Church | |
| 32°47′14″N 79°55′59″W / 32.78722°N 79.93306°W | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
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).
- ^ "Old and Historic Charleston (Extend)". National Park Service. Department of the Interior. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
- ^ Weisman, Jonathan (June 18, 2015). "Killings Add a Painful Chapter to Storied History of Charleston Church". The New York Times. Retrieved June 18, 2015.