Know Your Church
The founder of the AME Church
Who is Richard Allen?
The number of nights that Jesus fast in the wilderness
What is 40?
(Matthew 4:2)
The organization established in 1909 to promote equality of rights and advance the interest of colored citizens
What is the NAACP?
(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
The number of church conferences the AME Church has
What is 5?
(Church, Quarterly, District, Annual, General)
YPD stands for
What is Young People's Division?
The year the AME church was founded
What is 1787? 1816?
The Book of the Bible that urges us not to conform to worldly matters but be transformed by the renewing of our minds
What is Romans 12:2?
The executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 proclaiming the freedom of slaves
What is the Emancipation proclamation?
"God Our Father, Christ Our Redeemer, the Holy Spirit Our Comforter, Humankind Our Family"
What is the AME Church motto?
WMS stands for
What is Women's Mission Society
The location the AME Church was founded
What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
The parable where Christ was trying to teach that everyone is our neighbor
What is The Good Samaritan?
Luke 10:30-37
US Supreme Court decision that declared school segregation unconstitutional
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
The first woman Pastor of St. Paul AMEC, Wichita, KS
Who is Pastor Pamela M. Hughes Mason?
The organization commissioned to teach, train and empower members of the church
What is the Lay Organization?
The AME Church grew out of this society
What is the Free African Society?
Name this scripture:
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
What is Jeremiah 29:11?
The year when MLK Jr. Day was observed in all 50 states
What is 2000?
These two symbols make up the AME logo
What is the cross and the anvil?
What is Music Ministry?
Two sacraments of the church
What is Baptism and Holy Communion?
“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind."
What is the first and greatest commandment?
The year when the Confederate flag was removed from the Statehouse in Columbia
What is 2015?
Pastoral appointments to a church are made at this conference
What is the Annual Conference?
The colors of the YPD and their meanings
What is white and green?
White: purity
Green: growth, vitality