Turner Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church is the first church established by African Americans in Fort Wayne. The church represents the rich history of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, which grew out of the Free African Society (FAS), and was founded by Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, and others established in Philadelphia in 1787. Founded in 1849, Turner Chapel is a beacon of hope for the entire community!
With an earnest need for a faith center for the black community, local leaders decided it was time to move from meeting places to an established home, which was worthy of the westward movement of the AME Church, the first independent black denomination in the United States.
