Allen Temple AME Church

The Allen Temple AME Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, is the mother church of the Third Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Founded in 1824, it is the oldest AME church in Ohio,the oldest operating black church in Cincinnati and the largest church of the Third Episcopal District of the AME Church. Named after Richard Allen, founder of the AME Church,, the church was founded in 1823 as a congregation of the Methodist Episcopal Church because of the prejudicial treatment blacks received in the predominantly white churches. The first pastor chosen by the black congregation was Rev. James King, at the time a slave living in Lexington, Kentucky whose owner allowed him to hire his time. In 1824, following the...