Among historically black denominations, it is one of the more conservative.
While the Reformed Church in Zimbabwe is a black denomination.
He agreed with the founder, Richard Allen, that a visible and independent black denomination was a strong argument against slavery and racism.
He delivered it on the same day that he addressed the National Baptist Convention, a largely black denomination.
By this time the independent black denominations were increasingly well organized and prepared to evangelize to the freedmen.
These two independent black denominations attracted the most new members in the South.
The conference of black and white denominations also called for restitution for the victims of apartheid.
He is the acknowledged expert on the Spencer Churches, the oldest black denominations in the country.
This is still the largest black Baptist denomination.
The custom spread throughout black denominations, he said, and its roots in Methodism have been largely forgotten.