Wallace Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church

A.M.E. Zion


Wallace Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church Summit NJ - photo courtesy of Daniel Case
Wallace Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church, Summit, New Jersey, United States
Wallace Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church, Summit, New Jersey, United States

Wallace Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church is a member of The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, a Methodist denomination, organized in 1796 in New York City by William Brown, William Hamilton, Francis Jacobs, Thomas Miller, Samuel Pontier, June Scott, Abraham Thompson, James Varick and Peter Williams.

The first regularly elected Bishop was the Right Reverend James Varick. Some notable A.M.E. Zion members were Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Paul Robeson, Alexander Walton and Coretta King. The A.M.E. Zion Church owns and operates six schools of higher learning: Livingstone College, Salisbury, NC, a four year liberal arts college; three junior colleges, Lomax-Hannon, Greenville, Alabama; Clinton, Rock Hill, SC and A.M.E. Zion Community College, Monrovia, Liberia; and two seminaries, Hood, Salisbury, NC and Hood-Speaks, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.

Service Times

Sunday School 9:30am
Worship 11:00am

Prayer Meeting and Bible Study Wednesday 7:00pm

Location

138-142 Broad Street
Summit
New Jersey
United States
07901

Map

Staff

Rev. Dr. Denison D. Harrield, Jr.
Pastor

Ms. Karen Hines Freeman
Secretary

Contacts

Tel: 9082770574
Web: https://amez.org/church-search/
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