Bethel A.M.E. Members

ID: 1183 ~ Source: New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collection. ~ Date: 1951

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

Members of the Bethel congregation shown after a Sunday service in 1951.
Image courtesy of New Albany-Floyd Public Library Digital Collection

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…