Zion Chapel’s Founder’s Day
28 North Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street
Natchez MS, 39120
(601) 807-0454
Date: February 8, 2026
Time: 9:30 am
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2025
ZION CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH
9:30 AM
The public is invited to attend the annual Founder’s Day program held by Zion Chapel A.M.E. Church at 28 N. Dr M.L. King St., Natchez. During the program, presenters from the congregation will give presentations on the history of the African Methodist Episcopal Church denomination and how it was founded by the Reverend Richard Allen (1760 –1831). Allen was born on Feb. 14, 1760, into slavery in Philadelphia, Pa., before his family was sold in 1772 to a family near Dover, Del. Allen founded and became the first Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. He died on March 26, 1831, at the age of 71.
For more information, call Norma West at 601-807-0454.
