A. M. E. ZION CHURCH
OF
SHARON, PENNSYLVANIA
Ruth
A. M. E. Zion Church of Sharon, Pennsylvania,
was organized in 1888 by Rev. P. R.
Anderson who was also the pastor that year. The first
meetings were held in the homes of the members until a building on
Ellsworth Avenue was purchased. About 1898 or 1899 Rev. J. S. Cooper became the
pastor. Mr. Cooper was also a carpenter and under his leadership the
church building was moved back on the lot and a new building erected.
Mr. Cooper did practically all of the carpenter work himself.
As the years passed the
building became too small and was unsuitable for the growing
congregation. In 1920 a frame building located on the corner of Ohio
Street and Sterling Avenue was purchased. While this building was an
improvement over the old building on Ellsworth Avenue and suited the
congregation for the time being it was by no means the church of their
dreams. Plans for the new building were started. Money
was scarce in those days but the loyal members worked hard, saved
wherever they could and by 1927 were ready to go ahead with the
building of the new church.
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Ruth A. M. E. Zion
Church
Photo taken in 1959
Source: 150 Years
of Methodism, The Story of the First Methodist Church, Sharon, PA,
compiled by Roscoe C. Wilson, 1959
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