Charles Albert Tindley: the janitor-turned-pastor whose hymns shaped gospel music
Charles Albert Tindley, born in Maryland in 1851, taught himself to read, worked as a church janitor and became pastor of the same Philadelphia congregation. His…
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Richard Allen and the African Methodist Episcopal Church: the walkout that built a denomination
Richard Allen was born into slavery, bought his freedom and became a Methodist preacher in Philadelphia. After Black worshippers were mistreated at St. George's Church, he…