Bethel AME Church

CTL-E-1379 · Church · ame · unspecified

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

African Methodist Episcopal congregation at 4440 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago (Grand Boulevard/Bronzeville). Organized 1862 as a mission church of Quinn Chapel by Bishop William Paul Quinn; occupied 17 locations before settling at its current site in 1949; celebrated its 155th anniversary in 2017.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from SCI-004; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-SCI-004:bethel-ame; source research type(s): congregation. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

The Christian Recorder, 'Bethel AME Church, Chicago, Celebrates 155 Years' (c. 2017). (primary source)
The Christian Recorder (c. 2017). (primary source)

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