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{{short description, Obsolete Anglican term used by the Episcopal Church in the United States of America Colored Episcopal Mission is an obsolete Anglican term used by the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.The term was coined in the 19th century. The Episcopal Church supported a separate African-American religious life during the 19th century and early 20th century. Parishes established by African-American communicants during this period of time were chartered as Colored Episcopal Missions.The duality of the Church encouraged a separate cultivation of Black religious life through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It encouraged the separate parishes while depriving African Americans a voice or representation in church governance. Parish status was awarded when the mission became financially independent from the diocese. It was common for these missions to have a long duration as a mission before reaching parish status. The first established Colored Episcopal Mission is St. Thomas Episcopal in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1794.


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Established in 2003,the Virginia Theological Seminary Archives and the
Historical Society of the Episcopal Church The Historical Society of the Episcopal Church (HSEC), formerly the Church Historical Society, was founded in Philadelphia in 1910. This voluntary society includes scholars, writers, teachers, ministers as well as others interested in its goals an ...
jointly manage the
African American Episcopal Historical Collection The Historical Society of the Episcopal Church (HSEC), formerly the Church Historical Society, was founded in Philadelphia in 1910. This voluntary society includes scholars, writers, teachers, ministers as well as others interested in its goals an ...
. The collection contains the personal papers, institutional records, oral histories and photographs of many historically black missions.


References

The Church Awakens: African Americans and the Search for Justice. (n.d.). Retrieved March 17, 2015, from http://www.episcopalarchives.org/Afro-Anglican_history/exhibit/legacy/black_parishes.php


Further reading

*Episcopalians and Race: Civil War to Civil Rights. Gardiner H. Shattuck (2003) Episcopal Church (United States) Anglicanism Christian terminology Christian culture Christianity and race History of racial segregation in the United States African-American segregation in the United States Racial segregation History of religion in the United States