History of the AME Church
Who founded the AME Church?
Richard Allen
How many Conferences are in the Seventh Episcopal District?
6
What was the covenantal sign that God wouldn’t destroy the earth with water again?
A rainbow
Who is the President, 1st Vice President, 2nd Vice President, and 3rd Vice President of the 7th District Young Peoples and Children's Division of the AME Church?
President-Nahdea Wiley, 1st Vice President-Marva Lawrence, 2nd Vice President-Makayla Wilson, 3rd Vice President-Faith Miller
Bishops are bound by the laws of the church to retire upon the General Conference nearest which Birthday?
75th Birthday
What year was the AME Church founded, and what location?
The AME Church was founded in 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Name the Conferences in the Seventh Episcopal District.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Central, Columbia, Northeast, Palmetto, Piedmont, South Carolina
What are the two sacraments?
The two sacraments are Baptism and the Lord's Supper
In what year was the Young People's Department adopted by the Women's Parent Mite Missionary Society?
1915
How many Bishops currently serve in the AME Church?
21
What is the new Motto for the AME Church adopted at the 2008 General Conference?
The AME Motto is "God our Creator, Christ our Redeemer, the Holy Spirit our Comforter, Humankind our Family."
The 7th Episcopal District is the birthplace of how many of the Elected and Consecrated Bishops?
24
Jesus said, ―You shall know the truth, and the truth shall (John 8:32):
Make You Free
Name the divisions of the YPD and give the age levels.
Mother Sunbeams ages 2-6, Allen Stars ages 7-12, Young People's Auxiliary ages 13-17, and Young Adult Division ages 18-26
Who was the first woman elected as Bishop and in what year?
The Right Reverend Vashti Murphy McKenzie, 2000
From 1797 to his death on March 26, 1831, Richard Allen and Mother Bethel AME Church members were part of a vast network of people operating what venue in the Road to Freedom for Slaves?
A station on the Underground Railroad
What AME college is located in the state of South Carolina?
Allen University (Columbia, SC)
At what hour did the nobleman’s servants say that his son’s fever left him? (John 4:52)
Seventh
What YPD Officer is the only Episcopal delegate to the Quadrennial Convention?
Episcopal President
Who was the first person elected as Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church?
Reverend Daniel Coker
The first Self Denial Program was held in what month and year?
January 19, 1948
Who is the Presiding Prelate of the SED?
The Right Reverend Samuel Lawrence Green, Sr
What New Testament word means teacher?
Rabbi
When founded in 1874, what was the name of the first Missionary Society?
Woman's Parent Mite Missionary Society
For how long are bishops elected by a majority vote of the General Conference?
Elected for Life