History_of_Ame_Zion

History of Ame Zion In my research paper I’m going to talk about the history of my religion. My religion is A.M.E Zion, which is African Methodist Episcopal Zion. I had been in A.M.E. since I was born. Philip Embury was born in 1728 at Ballingrane, the son of parents who had fled the Palatinate around 1709 when Louis XIV invaded Germany. At the instance of Queen Anne of England these German refugees settled in County Limerick, Ireland. It was here that John Wesley preached such a stirring messages that many of these people became members of the Methodist Chapels. In Philip’s diary he said “On Christmas Day, being Monday, ye 25th of December, in the year 1752, the Lord shone into my soul by a glimpse of his redeeming love, being an earnest of my redemption in Christ Jesus to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen “According to belief it was not long after this conversion that Philip Embury was licensed to preach and aided in the establishment of the Methodist Chapel at Ballingrane. When the Conference in Limerick was held in 1758 he was recommended for the intinerancy, but before he could be assigned to active service he was married to Margaret Switzer methodist, church, negroes, negro, one, time, zion, slavery, new, great, conference, been, ame, york, religion, establish, being, among, ye, world, white, while, sunday, poor, john, history, godwyn, general, embury, churches, both, year, work, wesley, welcomed, sympathy, suffered, stated, stand, son, shown, several, records, reasons, ready, philip, people, once, old, never, movement