Date/Time
Date(s) - 02/22/2026
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location
Mother Bethel AME Church
Categories
Take an insightful dive into the religious lives of Black people in colonial-era Philadelphia at the discussion, The Black Religious Experience in the Colonial Period.
Learn about the legacies of Richard Allen and Absalom Jones, formerly enslaved men who became visionary faith leaders and founders of the historic Mother Bethel African Episcopal Church and The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas. The event will be moderated by the Rev. Carolyn C. Cavaness, Pastor of Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Rev. Canon Martini Shaw, Rector of the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas. The event will be part of Religious Freedom: Then & Now, an initiative that explores 250 years of interfaith engagement in Philadelphia.
The goal is to preserve and learn from the full stories of our shared past. Free, but pre-register, 1 p.m. EST to 3 p.m. EST. Mother Bethel AME Church, 419 S. 6th St. Email: jas@interfaithphiladelphia.org, https://www.interfaithphiladelphia.org/phila250_motherbethel/