Mother Emanuel AME Church

A Beautiful, Spirit-Filled Service!

I was visiting Charleston with my sister and a friend. Since I arrived a few hours prior to them, I decided to attend service at Mother Emanuel. It was a beautiful, spirit-filled service. Their cho...

disappointed by construction

Beautiful building from what I could see. The entire front was covered in scaffolding so we were very disappointed

The oldest African Methodist Episcopal church in the South

Charleston, South Carolina, is a city of churches and Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church is one of the most artistic and significant. Often referred to as Mother Emanuel, it was founded in 181...

Very moving to look at

I passed by the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church during my visit to Charleston in June 2021. This is the church where the tragic murder of 9 worshipers occurred in 2015 and where President ...

A Powerful Presence

Although we didn’t have the opportunity to attend services, just seeing Mother Emanuel’s powerful presence in the heart of downtown Charleston evokes sad memories of the horrors that occurred within i...