Ebeneezer split from another A.M.E. Church, Mt. Zion, in 1840. The church met in members homes for its first decade. Founded by free blacks, Ebeneezer was a stop on the Underground Railroad. In 1927, its members caused a stir by inviting the Ku Klux Klan to worship with them. (The Klan came in full regalia, and after the service presented the church with a U.S. flag.) The above information and quote is from an article by Jessica Parks in the Philadelphia Inquirer, 7/3/15, at pp. B1, B8.
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Ebeneezer split from another A.M.E. Church, Mt. Zion, in 1840. The church met in members homes for its first decade. Founded by free blacks, Ebeneezer was a stop on the Underground Railroad. In 1927, its members caused a stir by inviting the Ku Klux Klan to worship with them. (The Klan came in full regalia, and after the service presented the church with a U.S. flag.) The above information and quote is from an article by Jessica Parks in the Philadelphia Inquirer, 7/3/15, at pp. B1, B8.
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