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The Reid Temple A.M.E. Church is an African Methodist Episcopal megachurch located in Glenn Dale, Maryland, USA to the northeast of Washington, DC.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=history )〕 In 2008, Outreach Magazine reported that attendance was 7,500, making it the 88th largest church in the USA.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Top 100 Largest Churches )〕 As of 2010 membership exceeded 8,000.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rev.Dr. Lee P. Washington Senior Pastor )〕 ==Background== The parent AME Church is a Methodist denomination founded by the Rev. Richard Allen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1816. The AME Church now has over 2,000,000 members in North and South America, Africa and Europe, and includes other major churches such as the First A.M.E. Church of Los Angeles with over 19,000 members and the Greater Allen A. M. E. Cathedral of New York with over 23,000 members.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Us – Our History )〕 The Reid Temple A.M.E. Church has its origins in the former Dent Chapel of Bladensburg, Maryland, purchased in 1900 from the Methodist Episcopal Church and named for its first pastor, Reverend Abraham Dent. The Dent Chapel was severely damaged by flooding in the late 1950s and the congregation was forced to find a new location. The new Reid Temple A.M.E. Church was opened on October 4, 1964 on Michigan Avenue, NE in Washington, DC, initially burdened with debt and with limited facilities. These problems were overcome, and with a congregation that had grown to 300 members, Reid relocated to Good Luck Road in Lanham, Maryland in January 1990.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reid Temple A.M.E. Church」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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