Bethel A.M.E. Members

ID: 1182 ~ Source: New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collections ~ Date: 1960

This file appears in: Bethel AME Church (New Albany)

Members of Bethel A.M.E. shown in a 1960 photo. The people shown in the photo may be the church choir.
Image courtesy of New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collections

This file appears in: Bethel AME Church (New Albany)

Bethel AME Church (New Albany)

By Alex Covington, Jacob Burress, Trish Nohalty, and Tommy Skaggs

Believed to be the oldest African American church in New Albany, Bethel African American Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church has been a pillar of Black life and culture in southern Indiana for more than 150 years. Founded in 1848, the church became…