Record #:

3190

Author(s):

Howlett, Barbara W.

Abstract:

When New Bern's St. Andrew's Chapel voted in 1863 to join the Northern A.M.E. Zion Church, it became the South's first Zion Church. In 1879, the name was changed to St. Peter's. Damaged by a 1922 fire, the church was renovated in 1986.

Source:

Journal of the New Bern Historical Society (NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 1 Issue 1, May 1988, p31-34, il

Subject(s):

African American churches--New Bern; New Bern--Church history; St. Peter's A.M.E. Zion Church (New Bern)