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The doctrine & discipline of the African Union First Colored Methodist Protestant Church of the United States of America or elsewhere Cover Image E-book

The doctrine & discipline of the African Union First Colored Methodist Protestant Church of the United States of America or elsewhere

Doctrine and discipline of the African Union First Colored Methodist Protestant Church of the United States of America or elsewhere (other title)
African Union Methodist Protestant Church (U.S.) (Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project) (Added Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. (Added Author).

Summary: The Doctrine and Discipline of the African Union First Colored Methodist Protestant Church (1871) begins with a short history of the African Union Church and a defense of written discipline as the best safeguard of "Christian liberty." It provides a detailed doctrinal statement for the church, including theological positions, the relation of the church to the national government, the prescribed behaviors of members, questions for new members, and an extended catechism. The Discipline sets out guidelines for all elements of church life, including specifics for membership, conferences, the use of money, trials, and public worship. It ends with specific orders of service, and includes forms of the various credentials and licenses for preachers, deacons and other elected officials.

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  • Physical Description: electronic resource
    Electronic data (1 file : ca. 200 kilobytes).
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  • Edition: Electronic edition
  • Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001.

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General Note:
"Published by order of the first General Conference of the representatives of the African Union First Colored Methodist Protestant Church, held in the city of Wilmington, Delaware on the 25th day of August, A.D. 1866. Revised by the General Conference, September 24th, 1870."
Text transcribed by Apex Data Services, Inc. Images scanned by Ellen Decker. Text encoded by Apex Data Services, Inc., Ellen Decker and Jill Kuhn.
This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection The Church in the Southern Black community.
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Original Version Note:
Transcribed from: The doctrine & discipline of the African Union First Colored Methodist Protestant Church of the United States of America or elsewhere. 2nd rev. ed. Wilmington : Henry Eckel, printer, 1871. 156 p. Includes index. Cover title: Discipline. Spine title: Church discipline.
Funding Information Note:
Funding from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition supported the electronic publication of this title.
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African Union Methodist Protestant Church (U.S.) Discipline
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African Union Methodist Protestant Church (U.S.) History
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