Prayer is the most basic act of worship. Prayer is where the rejection of the world is met with the acceptance of God. The sweet moment of prayer is profound, the sweet moment of prayer is lovely the sweet moment of prayer is an uninterrupted time of blessings.
The Reverend Richard Allen lead church services for the black members of the mostly white Saint George’s Methodist Church in Philadelphia. As their numbers grew the black members who tithe just as the white members did were given a different time to worship sperate from whites.
On a Sunday in 1787 Reverend Allen his associate The Reverend Absalom Jones along with other black worshipers were on a pew praying. Suddenly
a white official of the church grabbed Reverend Jones pulling him off his knees saying “"You must get up you must not kneel here."
Reverend Allen told the official that they would get up when they finished praying. The group finished got up and walked out. Never again to return to Saint George’s Methodist Church.
Psalm 118 describes Jesus as the rejected stone which has now become the capstone, the most important stone in the building. Lead by Richard Allen these rejected back worshipers build a capstone of faith The African Methodist Episcopal Church. With our 2.5 million members worldwide the AME Church is one of the largest Methodist denominations in the world.
This week we celebrate the founding of the church in conjunction with the birthday of Richard Allen who became our first Bishop. In these days of remembrances let us be inspired that rejection is not the end and with God we can all be capstones of faith.
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