If You Scoutreach, They Will Come: Black Church Perspective

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If You Scoutreach, They Will Come Black Church
Perspective

• Religious Awareness Presentation
• Boy Scouts Annual Meeting 2006
• Daryl B. Ingram

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Black Church Perspective-Agenda

• Overview
• Historic Black Churches
• Contemporary Black Churches
• Contact Methods
• Denominational Level
• Regional Level
• Local Church Level
• Other

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Black Church Perspective-Agenda

• African Methodist Episcopal Church
• History
• Organization
• Christian Education Department
• AME Scouting Program
• AAMES
• Statistics
• Discussion

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Black Church Perspective - Overview

• Historic Black Churches
• African Methodist Episcopal Church
• African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
• Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
• Church of God in Christ
• National Baptist Convention of America
• National Baptist Convention of USA
• National Missionary Baptist Convention of America
• Progressive National Baptist Convention
• Congress of National Black Churches

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Black Church Perspective - Overview

• Contemporary Black Church
• Full Gospel Church
• Paul Morton
• Eddie Long New Birth
• Non-denominational Churches
• T.D. Jakes Potters House
• Carlton Pearson Higher Dimensions
• Fred Price Crenshaw Christian Center

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Black Church Perspective Contact Methods

• Congregational vs. Connectional
• Congregational churches with loose affiliation
  of the denomination
• National Baptists
• Connectional churches with direct relationship
  with the denomination
• AME, AMEZ, CME

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Black Church Perspective Contact Methods
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Black Church Perspective Contact Methods

• Other Methods
• CNBC
• CBCM
• Ministerial Conferences
• Hampton Ministers Conference
• Prairie View Ministers Conference

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Black Church Perspective Contact Methods

• Black Methodist Contacts
• AME Zion Church
• Dr. Raymon Hunt
• Charlotte, NC
• CME Church
• Dr. Carmichael Crutchfield
• Memphis, TN

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Black Church Perspective Discussion

• What questions do you have?

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Black Church Perspective AMEC

• AME Church - History
• Founded in 1787 by Richard Allen Absalom Jones
• Separation from St. George ME Church
• Bethel at 6th Lombard Sts. first church
• 1816, 1st General Conference
• Richard Allen, 1st Bishop

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Black Church Perspective AMEC

• Organization Structure
• Episcopal government with connectional
  organization
• Church leaders, 21 active bishops
• General Conference
• 20 Episcopal Districts
• Annual Conferences
• Presiding Elders Districts
• Local Churches

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Black Church Perspective AMEC

• 1st Dist E PA, DE, NJ, NY, CT, RI, VT, NH, MA,
  ME
• 2nd Dist MD, DC, VA, NC
• 3rd Dist W PA, WV, OH
• 4th Dist IN, MI, IL, IA, WI, MN, ONT
• 5th Dist MO, KS, NE, CO, WY, MT, ID, WA, OR,
  NV, UT, CA, AZ, NM, ND, SD, AK, HI

• 6th Dist - GA
• 7th Dist - SC
• 8th Dist MS, LA
• 9th Dist AL
• 10th Dist TX
• 11th Dist FL
• 12th Dist AR, OK
• 13th Dist TN, KY

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Black Church Perspective AMEC

• 14th Dist West Africa
• 15th Dist Western South Africa
• 16th Dist Caribbean South America
• 17th Dist Central Africa
• 18th Dist Independent Nations in Southern
  Africa
• 19th Dist Eastern South Africa
• 20th Dist Central Africa

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Black Church Perspective AMEC

• Teaching ministry
• Daryl B. Ingram,
• Executive Director
• 500 8th Avenue S, 207 Nashville TN 37203
  615.242.1420
• Responsibilities
• Church school literature
• Journal of Christian Education
• Supervision of MCE
• Resource development

• Ministries in Christian Education
• Fellowship of Church Educators
• Association of AME Scouts
• Music Christian Arts Ministry
• Richard Allen Young Adult Council
• Sons of Allen-Mens Ministry
• Christian Debutante-Master Commission
• Writers Guild

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Black Church Perspective AMEC

• Scouting Program
• Association of AME Scouts (AAMES)
• Founded 1993 by Dr. Kenneth Hill
• Purpose Coordinate the scouting program in the
  AME Church
• 2 Connectional Directors
• Mr. Robert McRath Boy Scouts
• 7727 Nocomis Dr., St. Louis, MO 63121
  314.382.5463
• Ms. Cora Lee-Palmer Girl Scouts

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Black Church Perspective AMEC
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Black Church Perspective AMEC
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Black Church Perspective AMEC
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Black Church Perspective AMEC

• How to Find Specific Congregations
• Website www.ame-church.com
• Directory
• Map
• Town

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Black Church Perspective AMEC

• What questions do you have?