Evaluative study of African Methodist Episcopal Zion and Christian Methodist Episcopal denominations plan for church union

Ralph Vernal Washington

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Evaluative study of African Methodist Episcopal Zion and Christian Methodist Episcopal denominations plan for church union

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Ralph Vernal Washington. Evaluative Study of African Methodist Episcopal Zion and Christian Methodist Episcopal Denominations Plan for Church Union. Columbia Biblical Seminary and School of Missions of Columbia International University. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/66c141be-0b45-4928-b508-8edd97a4e0e9.

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R. V. Washington. Evaluative study of African Methodist Episcopal Zion and Christian Methodist Episcopal denominations plan for church union. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/66c141be-0b45-4928-b508-8edd97a4e0e9

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Ralph Vernal Washington. Evaluative Study of African Methodist Episcopal Zion and Christian Methodist Episcopal Denominations Plan for Church Union. Columbia Biblical Seminary and School of Missions of Columbia International University. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/66c141be-0b45-4928-b508-8edd97a4e0e9.

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Ralph Vernal Washington

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Abstract

Since 1980, the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church has been in union talks with the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. The Plan on Church Union Task Force was created to maintain the essence of Methodism in the proposed union. This reasearch evaluates the endeavors of the Task Force and its actions in the proposed plan of union from the perspective of various districts of the AME Zion Church. Background research was conducted on previous Methodist unions to determine what characteristics produced sustained unions. The occurence of 'Spencer churches' like the African Union Methodist Protestant (AUMP) and Union American Methodist Episcopal churches (UAME) give descriptive and comparative insight into the nature of black church union and church merger strategy. African Methodist Episcopal Church proposals for church union from 1864-1922 appear in Appendix J. The procedure of the study is to use formative evaluative research to determine how the document 'A Plan of Church Union' can be adjusted to ensure its adoption by the General Conference. It also attempts to answer the question 'how can procedures and processes be improved in order to achieve stated objectives?' The goal of the study determine the opinion of the districts of the AME Zion General Conference's of 'A Plan of Church Union' in order to inform the Task Force's course of action in the future. The study concludes that the plan could fail unless the General Conference makes more of an effort to inform the churches' membership about the Plan.

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