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1844 AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Rare Church Scandal at Bethel Church in Baltimore. ZZAutographsandArtifacts and were initially the onlyVery rare 1844 document related to an early financial scandal at one of the founding churches of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Mother Bethel Church of Baltimore, Maryland. Early A. M. E. church history reflects a variety of challenges from the larger black experience that found expression in local congregations. There was a legitimate desire for black leadership in the growing network of A. M. E. churches, but black clergy who had effective