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The Union American Methodist Episcopal Church, which is usually called the U.A.M.E. Church, was formally organized as a separate denomination in 1865 by some congregations of the African Union Church founded by
The Union American Methodist Episcopal Church, which is usually called the U.A.M.E. Church, was formally organized as a separate denomination in 1865 by some congregations of the African Union Church founded by Peter Spencer Peter or Pete Spencer may refer to:
*Peter Spencer (religious leader) (1782–1843), American Christian leader
*Peter Spencer (journalist) (active 1970s onwards), British television news journalist
*Peter Spencer (Royal Navy officer) (born 1947), B ...
in 1813.
In May 2012, The Union American Methodist Episcopal Church entered into full communion
Full communion is a communion or relationship of full agreement among different Christian denominations that share certain essential principles of Christian theology. Views vary among denominations on exactly what constitutes full communion, but ...
with the African Methodist Episcopal Church
The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the AME Church or AME, is a Black church, predominantly African American Methodist Religious denomination, denomination. It adheres to Wesleyan-Arminian theology and has a connexionalism, c ...
, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
African or Africans may refer to:
* Anything from or pertaining to the continent of Africa:
** People who are native to Africa, descendants of natives of Africa, or individuals who trace their ancestry to indigenous inhabitants of Africa
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, African Union Methodist Protestant Church, Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, and the United Methodist Church
The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism. In the 19th century, its main predecessor, the Methodist Episcopal Church, was a leader in evangelica ...
, in which these Churches agreed to "recognize each other’s churches, share sacraments, and affirm their clergy and ministries." (access url updated 16 June 2016)
See also
*Spencer Churches The Spencer Churches (less commonly called the Union Churches) are two African-American Christian denominations in the United States that resulted from an 1860s schism in the Union Church of Africans (also known as African Union Church). That denomi ...
*List of African Methodist Episcopal Churches Black Methodism in the United States is the Methodist tradition within the Black Church, largely consisting of congregations in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME), African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AME Zion or AMEZ), Christian Methodist Episcopa ...
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Union commonly refers to:
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* Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets
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