A.M.E CHURCH BELIEFS

The Motto “God Our Father, Christ Our Redeemer, the Holy Spirit Our Comforter, Humankind Our Family” is a great summary of what the African Methodist Episcopal Church believes.

Also known as the A.M.E. Church for short, the denomination is Methodist in terms of its basic doctrine and order of worship. To find the basic foundations of the beliefs of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, you need look no further than The Apostles’ Creed and The Twenty Five Articles of Religion.

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APOSTLE’S CREED

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ His only son our Lord who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead; and buried. The third day he arose from the dead’ he ascended into heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Church Universal, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting. Amen.

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ARTICLES OF OUR FAITH
1. OF FAITH IN THE HOLY TRINITY

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2. OF THE WORD OR SON OF GOD, WHO WAS MADE VERY MAN

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3. OF THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST

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4. OF THE HOLY GHOST

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5. THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES FOR SALVATION

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​6. OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

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7. OF ORIGINAL OR BIRTH SIN

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8. OF FREE WILL

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9. OF THE JUSTIFICATION OF MAN

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10. OF GOOD WORKS

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11. OF WORKS OF SUPEREROGATION

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12. OF SIN AFTER JUSTIFICATION

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13. OF THE CHURCH

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14. OF PURGATORY

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15. OF SPEAKING IN THE CONGREGATION IN SUCH A TONGUE AS THE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND

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16. OF THE SACRAMENTS

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17. OF BAPTISM

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18. OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

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19. OF BOTH KINDS

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20. OF THE ONE OBLATION OF CHRIST, FINISHED UPON THE CROSS

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21. OF THE MARRIAGE OF MINISTERS

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22. OF THE RITES AND CEREMONIES OF CHURCHES

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23. OF THE RULERS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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24. OF CHRISTIAN MEN’S GOODS

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25. OF A CHRISTIAN MAN’S OATH

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