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Title
Contributor
Identifier
Coverage
Stole Item Type Metadata
Honoree
Stole Text
ANONYMOUS
AFRICAN METHODIST
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Sent anonymously by a same gender
loving, ordained Itinerant Elder in the
African Methodist Episcopal Church. This
stole symbolizes the pain and silence of
so many within this historic black
denomination founded on the freedom
and dignity of all God's children. It
comes with the prayer that the African
Methodist Episcopal Church may one day
truly be a liberating and reconciling people.
Until that day is realized for the Church of
Allen* and the universal church, I remain in
unity, struggle, and prayer,
Anonymous
*Richard Allen was the first pastor ordained in the
AME in 1816 at Bethel Chapel in Philadelphia
Contribution Date
Contribution Story
This stole was sent to us without a return address, and we have no other information about the donor. As of this writing, it is the only one we have received representing someone from the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Since its inclusion in the collection, several African Americans, particularly United Methodists, have expressed their gratitude for its being displayed around the country, acknowledging that dialogue around LGBT issues in that denomination has barely begun. It is our hope that this stole will spark more dialogue and, hopefully, more progress towards the full embrace of LGBT folk in the AME church.
Martha Juillerat
Founder, Shower of Stoles Project
2006