Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 27 of
27
with 100 items per page.
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas abstract "The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas was founded in 1792 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the first black Episcopal Church in the United States. Its congregation developed from the Free African Society, a non-denominational group formed by blacks who had left St. George's Methodist Church because of discrimination. They were led by Absalom Jones, a free black and lay Methodist preacher. As his congregation became established, he was later ordained in 1804 as the first black priest in the Episcopal Church. The congregation was part of the Episcopal diocese of Philadelphia. St. Thomas became a leading institution in Philadelphia's black cultural life.It was the first black church in the country to purchase a pipe organ, and the first to hire a black woman as organist, who was Ann Appo. Another notable organist was John C. Bowers.While the congregation has worshipped in several different buildings, it has remained continuously active since its founding. The site of the original building, dedicated on July 17, 1794 at Fifth and Adelphi streets, is now covered by the passageway/plaza known as St. James Place. Other locations included Twelfth Street south of Walnut Street, and 57th and Pearl streets, and 52nd and Parrish streets, both in West Philadelphia. Following changing demographics, the congregation moved out of the downtown area, and in the 21st century occupies a church at the intersection of Overbrook and Lancaster avenues in Philadelphia's Overbrook Farms neighborhood. Clergy and parishioners were active in abolitionism and the Underground Railroad in the 19th century. In the mid to late 20th century, they participated in the modern Civil Rights Movement.".
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas thumbnail African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas.jpg?width=300.
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas wikiPageExternalLink about.htm.
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas wikiPageID "17719853".
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas wikiPageRevisionID "606642267".
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas hasPhotoCollection African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas.
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas subject Category:African-American_history_in_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania.
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas subject Category:Anglican_congregations_established_in_the_18th_century.
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas subject Category:Churches_in_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania.
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas subject Category:Religious_organizations_established_in_1792.
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas type Abstraction100002137.
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas type Group100031264.
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas type Organization108008335.
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas type ReligiousOrganizationsEstablishedIn1792.
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas type SocialGroup107950920.
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas type YagoLegalActor.
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas type YagoLegalActorGeo.
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas type YagoPermanentlyLocatedEntity.
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas comment "The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas was founded in 1792 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the first black Episcopal Church in the United States. Its congregation developed from the Free African Society, a non-denominational group formed by blacks who had left St. George's Methodist Church because of discrimination. They were led by Absalom Jones, a free black and lay Methodist preacher.".
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas label "African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas".
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas sameAs m.047sfb6.
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas sameAs Q4689762.
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas sameAs Q4689762.
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas sameAs African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas.
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas wasDerivedFrom African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas?oldid=606642267.
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas depiction African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas.jpg.
- African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas isPrimaryTopicOf African_Episcopal_Church_of_St._Thomas.
