Evangelist Chapel AME Church
We're here to help you Intentionally reach one, teach one on your Christian journey.
About Us
Evangelist Chapel is an African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the A.M.E. Church, is the oldest independent Protestant denomination founded by blacks in the world. The AME church was not founded in Africa, nor is it only for persons of African descent. The AME church is open and welcoming to people of all ethnicities, origins, nationalities and colors. The African Methodist Episcopal Church has a unique history as it is the first major religious denomination in the western world that developed because of sociological rather than theological differences. It was the first African-American denomination organized and incorporated in the United States. The church was born in protest against racial discrimination and slavery. The church's roots are in the Methodist church. Members of St. George's Methodist Church left the congregation when faced with racial discrimination, but continued with the Methodist doctrine and the order of worship.
- Programs
- Community Service, Faith and Work, Missions, Adult Education
- Denomination
- African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Size
- Small
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 1945
Contact Information
Our Services
Service Times
- Wednesday
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- 06:30pm
- Virtual Bible Study (Facebook LIVE)
- Sunday
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- 11:30am
- Worship Experience
- 09:30am
- Church School Starts Via Zoom
What to Expect
Leadership
Rev. Brenda Johnson
Pastor
Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Reverend Brenda Johnson grew up in Maywood, Illinois – a suburb of Chicago. A gifted and passionate preacher, educator and administrator, Rev. Johnson holds a Master of Education degree in Curriculum and Instruction from National-Louis University, McLean, Virginia, and is pursuing a PhD in Education from Walden University.
Nearly all her life, Rev. Johnson has been a member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. While growing up in Maywood she attended Canaan AME Church and J.W. James AME Church where she acknowledged her call to ministry at 16 years of age, preached her initial sermon at 19, and served as Youth Minister for many years. Rev Johnson was ordained an itinerant elder in the Chicago Annual Conference of the 4th Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church by the late Bishop Samuel S. Morris.
Her ministry experience spans two continents – North America and Europe. While living in Adana, Turkey, Rev Johnson was actively involved in the Gospel Service at Inçirlik Air Base. She served as president of the Ministerial Alliance, Children’s Church Coordinator, and protestant representative to the Base Chapel Advisory Board.
Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie appointed Rev Johnson as the first female pastor of Primm Chapel AME Church in La Marque, Texas in November 2014
Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie appointed Rev Johnson as the pastor of Evangelist Chapel AME Church in Houston, Texas in November 2018
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