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Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a church in Morristown, New Jersey, USA.
It was the first black congregation in Morris County, incorporated in 1843 by the Bethel Mite Society, which raised funds to construct the 1849 Carpenter Gothic church on Spring Street. The current building was dedicated in 1970. [1]
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Prior to 1843, worshippers met as of "The Bethel Mite Society", at various locations in Morristown, including a small house on High Street, a carpentry shop on Speedwell Avenue, a blacksmith shop on Morris Street and a house at 34 Spring Street. On December 18, 1843, the church incorporated as "The African Methodist Episcopal Church of Morristown".
In 1844, William Sayre, Jr. conveyed to the church corporation a parcel of property on the west side of Spring Street. Willis Nazery was Bethel's first pastor of record. He was born a slave in 1803 in Isle of Wight County in Virginia. After ordination as an A.M.E. bishop on May 13, 1852, in New York City, Bishop Nazery was sent to Canada to found congregations. He is recognized as an Underground Railroad conductor. He became the first bishop of the new British Methodist Episcopal Church, which was organized by freedmen and fugitive slaves.
In 1849, Bethel's first church building was completed and dedicated with Bishop Paul Quinn officiating, assisted by the pastor, Rev. Thomas Oliver. The church then reorganized as "The African Methodist Episcopal Bethel Church of Morristown" and received a new Certificate of Incorporation on September 28, 1859.
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