CHURCH HISTORY

Amanda Flipper African Methodist Episcopal Church had its beginning in 1921, when a group of believers who had been members of various A.M.E. congregations found themselves without a chuch home in their new Davis Street community in the city of Atlanta. Under the leadership of the Rev. T.M. King, the Amanda Flipper African Methodist Episcopal Church was organized to provide a center of A.M.E. fellowship in the community. The first location was at 173 Davis Street, later renamed Northside Drive.

The church was named for the wife of the late Bishop Joseph Simeon Flipper. He served as the thirty-third (33rd) Bishop of the Sixth Episcopal District from 1912 to 1928.

The present facility was purchased on September 4, 1990 during the pastorship of the Rev. Ronnie E. Brailsford, Sr.

Many great leaders have pastored Amanda Flipper and in 1994, the congregation welcomed their first female pastor, The Rev. Nicolene Angela Durham. She comes with a unique style of ministry, soft spoken, yet dynamic and vibrant and filled with the Holy Spirit. She is blessed with many spiritual gifts and is very committed to her ministry to homeless women and children of the Atlanta metropolitan area through her relationship with the Decatur Cooperative Ministry. She is also recognized for being the first female delegate from the Sixth District to the 1996 and the 2000 General Conferences of the A.M.E. Church.

As we enter this new millennium, may Amanda Flipper A.M.E. church shine as a monument to the pastor and members whose diligence and faith serve as a testimony to the goodness, grace and mercy of God Almighty. May the church continue to be a refuge to the lost, the lonely, the broken, the faithless and the friendless -- may it be a place of peace which surpasses all understanding.