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African Methodist Episcopal Church Doctrine defines belief, sacraments, and episcopal order within the AME Church. Founded in 1816, its doctrinal structure continues to guide congregations worldwide. Educational references appear at https://www.maryvv.com

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Консекрація Папи Боніфація III
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Greville Ewing, founder of the Edinburgh Missionary Society, noted that the East India Company resisted missions because the gospel unsettled profitable injustice. Faithful preaching, he assumed, makes exploitation harder to maintain. If so, which dissatisfactions do we fear today—and which conversions do we resist? How might the gospel advance with integrity?
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Black background quote card featuring Greville Ewing (1767–1841). Left: small engraved portrait of Ewing seated at a desk, labeled with his name, dates, and “The Moral Power of the Sea.” Right: quotation noting that some believed the spread of Christianity would threaten the prosperity of the East India Company by provoking opposition among non-Christian trading partners.

George Hutcheson, a Scottish #Presbyterian expositor, notes that Job is accused (v.22:6-7) not of cruelty but of neglect: no water for the weary, no bread for the hungry. Scripture treats withheld mercy as real guilt. We answer not only for harm done, but for good refused.

What omissions would still accuse us? Where can you give water today?
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GEORGE HUTCHESON (1615-1674) An exposition of the book of Job "It is not enough to forbear to do wrong to the poor, unless we do them good, as we have power and they stand in need; omission of what is good being culpable, as well as commission of evil: Therefore is this challenge joyned with the former, v. 6. as be-ing a proof of wickedness, as well as that."

A historical and theological overview of the Doctrine and Discipline of the AME Church—covering doctrine, episcopal structure, and mission.

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Scottish missionary James William Massie describes starvation and disease in India—and notes the suffering gathered at the doors of European residents. He doesn’t blame local religion; he implies responsibility rests with those who had power. Though sent to preach the gospel, he insists attending bodily misery belongs to Christian witness itself. Both sneering at missionaries and ignoring suffering miss the point. How will you let misery disturb you into action?
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Black quote card with an engraved portrait of James William Massie on the left, showing a young 19th-century man seated, dressed formally with a high collar and dark coat. Beneath the portrait, white text reads “JAMES WILLIAM MASSIE (1799–1869)” and Continental India, Vol. 1. On the right, a stark white quotation describes extreme poverty and physical suffering—gauntness, emaciation, disease, and despair—visible in the streets and dwellings, presented as evidence of the misery endured by Hindu subjects under British rule.

Dutch Reformed missionary Andrew Murray notes that in Luke 16 Lazarus is praised for no special virtue, and the rich man is condemned for no scandalous crime—only for ignoring Lazarus’s suffering. The sin is comfortable neglect. Faith that guards doctrine yet trains us not to notice pain misses the warning. How are we learning to see—and respond to—the poor at our gate?

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Black quote card featuring a grayscale portrait of Andrew Murray on the left, showing him seated, bearded, and wearing clerical attire. Beneath the portrait, white text reads “ANDREW MURRAY (1828–1917)” and Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation. On the right, a white quotation reflects on Luke 16, noting that Lazarus is not praised for named virtues nor the rich man condemned for a single great crime, but rather for living in continual ease and pleasure, which bred sloth and neglect toward the suffering of the poor.

Complete Guide to AME Church Beliefs
The African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church holds traditional Christian beliefs shaped by historical experience, structured governance, and a strong ethical focus.

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James Balmford, a Presbyterian elder, wrote during the London plague, rebuking neighbors who denied contagion despite visible sores and public wailing. For him, piety didn’t excuse rejecting plain evidence or endangering others. How will you speak truth to neighbors when denial puts lives at risk?

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Black quote card with centered white text. A long quotation discusses the contagious nature of the plague, citing visible sores, madness, and death as evidence against denial of infection. At the bottom, white text identifies JAMES BALMFORD (b. 1556) and the work A short dialogue concerning the plagues infection, Published to preserve blood, through the blessing of God.

Edward Stillingfleet, an Anglican minister, notes that the early church used its growing resources to build hospitals for the homeless poor—treating this not as politics, but as a duty of religion. Care for the sick and displaced was part of Christian obedience. How do we receive those who cannot house themselves?

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EDWARD STILLINGFLEET (1635-1699) "SERMON XIX. Of Protestant Charity" ... but still as the Church increased in Riches by the free and large oblations of the People ; so greater care was taken for the erecting Hospitals for the reception of the Poor, who could provide no habitation for themselves; and this was then always looked on as a particular concernment of Religion, and not as a mere political Constitution."

Anthony Farindon says mercy isn’t just doing good, it’s how you do it. The wicked may give, but it’s like serving bread with gravel in it—technically food, spiritually, dental damage. They hoard everything, then fling back crumbs with a scowl and call it charity. Sound familiar? True mercy has a soft face, not clenched teeth.

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Black background quote card featuring an image of the title page from Anthony Farindon’s sermons on the left. Text identifies Anthony Farindon (1598–1658) and “Sermon IX: The Love of Mercy.” On the right is a long quotation describing false mercy as cruel, hypocritical, and harmful, using vivid imagery of gravel-filled bread and blood-tainted water.

Exploring the Doctrine and Discipline of the African Methodist Episcopal Church reveals the structure, leadership, and ethical guidance of one of the oldest historically African American Christian denominations. This text connects faith with social and cultural life.

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David James Burrell, a Dutch Reformed minister, is having none of it. He looks at the Opium Wars and says: picture the Queen as the Good Samaritan—she sees the wounded man, checks her schedule, mutters about trade, taxes, and empire, and steps neatly around him. Splendid commerce, dreadful mercy. Leaders, he insists, don’t get to plead busyness. And pastors don’t get to stay quiet. Now—where, exactly, are you crossing the road and calling it prudence?

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ALT: Black background quote graphic featuring a vintage black-and-white portrait of David James Burrell on the left, labeled with his name, dates (1844–1926), and the work For Christ’s Crown. On the right is a long quotation criticizing the Queen of England for prioritizing colonial power, opium taxes, and commerce over compassion, likening her to the Good Samaritan who “passed by on the other side.”

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African Methodist Episcopal Church doctrine draws from Wesleyan theology and historical experience, highlighting scripture, grace, and moral responsibility.
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Samuel Colcord Bartlett, a Congregational minister turned college president, pauses his missionary optimism to scold the East India Company. Forcing opium on China, he says, was an outrage any nation would resist; Britain simply shoved it back at gunpoint, with ruinous results.

Today we call pastors naïve for critiquing trade. Bartlett asks a nastier question: have *you* looked at the damage behind what you freely consume?

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Here is clear, accessible ALT text appropriate for a black-and-white formal portrait with overlaid quotation: Black-and-white formal portrait of Samuel Colcord Bartlett (1817–1898), a Congregational minister and educator. The image includes a quotation criticizing leaders of the British East India Company for forcing opium into China, describing China’s resistance and the severe moral and social harm that followed.”

Korskirken, the Holy Cross #Church – here in the 1920s, but originally from 1150-ish – named so from being one of the few churches said to have a true relic from the cross of Jesus.

The church was damaged in the #Bergen fires of 1198, 1248, 1413, 1582, 1623, 1640 and 1702. Walking past its facade today, you’re seeing the evolution from its Romanesque roots to the later Renaissance touches, smaller and larger rebuilds.

Photo by Olai Schumann Olsen, via University of Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/photograph/ubb-so-0269.html
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Early English Books Online (EEBO) is your gateway to primary source materials from the Reformation and post-Reformation eras. From theological treatises to sermons, discover the original voices from the time period.

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