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 Actual Article Edits I Made on the main AME wiki page 

According to the AME Church website https://www.ame-church.com/leadership/bishops-of-the-church/ there are a few updates to the current Bishops in office.

The third district now has Bishop Frank Madison Reid III.

Bishop Adam J. Richardson Jr. is now the senior bishop (that title is given to the bishop in office who was elected before the current bishops in office)

McKinley Young is now added to the retired/asterisk list of "Bishops in the Church."

For "Notable Clergy" I added Jarena Lee and provided the wiki link to her page.

Added information that Barack Obama and Michelle Obama were invited as guest speakers to the General Conference in 2008 and 2012

Added an external link of Bethel AME Church Baltimore MD which is under the heading "Notable Clergy and Educators"

Added another external link for Bethel AME Church Baltimore as they were mentioned again in "Notable Clergy and Educators under info regarding Bishop Andrew Walker Wayman info (hopefully this specific church gets a Wikipedia page soon, very vital to the expansion of the church in its beginning stage).

Corrected the year in which Bethel Baltimore was founded. Outside news sources (even the Baltimore Sun as late as 2016) stated it was founded in 1785 not 1787/1797 as previously stated on this Wikipedia Page.

Added an external like for Dr. Jamye Coleman Williams. She's almost 101 years old, very surprising she didn't have a Wikipedia page dedicated solely to her.

For Jackson Theological Seminary and Shorter College, the correct links were not added and I think they may have been spam sites but not sure. I have found and added the correct link for the school

Updated pastoral years at Bethel Baltimore for Notable Clergy listed Rev. Dr. Frank Madison Reid III and also added that as of 2016 he has elevated to episcopal service.

Under General Conference
At the General Conference of the A.M.E. Church, notable and renowned speakers have been invited to address the clergy and laity of the congregation. Such as in 2008, the church invited the then Senator Barack H. Obama; in 2012, the church invited Michelle Obama.

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I may want to look into adding "Mother Bethel" the first church ever in the denomination and Emmanuel in Charleston, South Carolina as that is a staple church in the denomination

(They may already have these two specific churches listed, I'll check again but don't remember seeing them).--Update on this: Mother Bethel is added and has a Blue Link.

Since there are tons of red links for Bishops, a new seminary, certain notable clergy, certain church locations, I'll look into providing external links instead. --Update on this: did my best with updating what was able to get updated with various accurate findings online.

I'm looking to add the external links of each District.--Update on this: no these districts change every 4-8 years with information and may go in and out with having the same websites generated so often.

In regards to other red links such as the first AME Church in Mississippi, I'll search for some scholarly info regarding that.--Update on this: A blue link was provided for that so the extra red links found in the same bullet point of the Blue Link, I removed them.

There are a lot of changes within the AME Church but this wikipedia page allows for tons of growth and valid references to make everything is valid as possible

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 * Rev. Dr. Frank M. Reid III (1951– ), Pastor of the Bethel A.M.E. Church in Baltimore.[27] Rev. Reid started The Bethel Outreach of Love Broadcast; Bethel was the first AME Church to have an international TV broadcast. Was selected as the 26th most influential person in Baltimore by local regional publication, Baltimore Magazine. His congregation's members include the mayor and city comptroller of Baltimore. He consulted for the TV show Amen, and guest starred several times on the popular HBO cable TV series The Wire.

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 * Rev. Dr. Frank M. Reid III (1951– ), Pastor of the Bethel A.M.E. Church in Baltimore[27] from 1988-2016. Rev. Reid started The Bethel Outreach of Love Broadcast; Bethel was the first AME Church to have an international TV broadcast. Was selected as the 26th most influential person in Baltimore by local regional publication, Baltimore Magazine. His congregation's members include the mayor and city comptroller of Baltimore. He consulted for the TV show Amen, and guest starred several times on the popular HBO cable TV series The Wire. As of 2016, he was elevated to episcopal service as the 138th bishop of the A.M.E. Church.

 Article Talk Page Evaluation 

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From reviewing the article I see a lot of random parts but also a lot of missing parts that could easily be researched through books and through the AME website.

The founding needs to be confirmed because I saw two different dates being discussed. It could possibly be one year was the start and the other year was the expansion.

The section "huge online source" (paraphrased) isn't specific regarding the church establishment. It can possibly be a selection of notable clergy and laity who are a part of the AME church who have made great impact in the church, the nation, and world.

Part 5 can be crossed out.

List of AME Churches is pretty extensive. Possibly it could be changed to notable AME churches highlighting the name and city location

14th Episcopal District can be crossed out. There is a total of 20 districts, no need to just highlight one.

There definitely is inconsistency within the article. Needs to be more concise.

The paragraph about "it's only for black people" is biased and overgeneralized. (cross out).

There are a few AME church publications that could be mentioned. Such as their significance and year they started. I also think their publications are only for AME clergy and laity.

There is no highlight of the Four Horsemen, Jarena Lee (the first female preacher in the AME church), and there is no description regarding the various groups that make up the church work (Women's Missionary Society, Women in Ministry, Lay Organization, Richard Allen Young Adult Council, Young People's Dision, to name a few).