Apostolic Church

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Ancient Church History
Medieval Church History
Modern Church History
Reformation Counter Reformation
Apostolic Church
The First Medieval Pope
The Rise of the Holy Rom Emp
Apostolic Fathers
Rationalism, Revivalism, Denominationalism
The Crusades
Church Councils
Revivalism, Missions, Modernism
Golden Age of Church Fathers
The Papacy in Decline
The Pre-Reformers
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Rise Up ShoutThe Black Church in America
CHURCH HISTORY IILesson 30
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I. Slavery in America

• Coming of the slaves
• 1619 Dutch ship at Jamestown

OPPOSITION TO SLAVERY
Samuel Sewell The Selling of Joseph
John Wolman and the Society of Friends
Jonathan Edwards, Jr. (Mt. 714)
B. EARLY MINISTRY AMONG SLAVES
John Elliot
Cotton Mather
C. OPPOSITION TO EVANGELISM
1. No soul less than human
2. Awkward to have slave as brother
3. Couldnt work on Sabbath!
4. Free in Christ equals free man
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D. CONVERSION OF THE SLAVES
1. First Great Awakening
Nearly 50 Negroes came to give me thanks for
what God had done to their souls
Samuel Davies
George Whitefield
He prayed that grace in evry heart might
dwell, He longed to see America excell Take him,
ye Africans, he longs for you, Impartial Savior
is his title due Washed in the fountain of
redeeming blood, You shall be sons, and kings,
and priests to God.
Phillis Wheatley
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slaves were given the resources for constructing
their own slave religion in evangelical terms
that eventually led to the creation of an
autonomous black church (Stout, The Divine
Dramatist, 218)
Preaching
Spirituals
Carter Woodson The History of the Black Church
Late 18th and early 19th centuries The Dawn of a
New Day
Methodist 1783 (3,200) 1819 (32,000)
Baptists 1790 (14,000) 1817 (40,000)
How did this happen?
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II. White Missions to Blacks
Charles C. Jones The Apostle to the Negro Slaves
The religious instruction of our servants is a
duty. Any man with a conscience may be made to
feel it. It can be dischargedit must be
discharged (emphasis author)
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John Girardeau (1825-1898)
Zion Presbyterian Church
How do we sum up our views of the white Southern
preacher?
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III. The Invisible Institution the secret
black church in the South
White foks have deir servic in de mornin, an
de (negroes) have deirs in de evenin, ater dey
clean up, wash de dishes, an look ater
everything .Ya see (negroes), lack (like) ta
shout a whole lot, an wid de white foks
alround em, dey couldnt shout jes lack dey
want to Sarah Fitzpatrick, Alabama slave
Private hush meetings
Albert Raboteau
Public camp meetings
Greatest gift Spirituals
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IV. Black Baptist Churches in the South
George Liele (c. 1750-1825/28)
Silver Bluff, SC 1773/74
First African American Baptist Church, Savannah
1778
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Savannah First African Baptist Church
1783 Jamaica
Ethiopian Baptist Church
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Andrew Bryan (1737-1812)
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John C Jasper (1812-1901)
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V. Methodist/Richard Allen (1760-1831)
Bethel M. E. Church, 1794
1815 African Methodist Episcopal Church
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Daniel Payne
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Lemuel Haynes (1753-1833)