The Mt. Nebo African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded on June 8, 1877 under the pastorate of Rev. N. Gray, as part of a circuit that included Galilee AME church in Anne Arundel County.  The first sanctuary was built by three trustees, Richard Wood, George Larkins, and Wilson Turner, who purchased a one-acre tract of land in the “Popular Ridge” area of Prince Georges County, at a cost of $134.55.  The church was erected adjacent to a “colored” schoolhouse that had been built in 1875.  The original church was a log structure which was destroyed by fire in 1919. 

The history of Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church is one rooted in faith. Since moving from the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC to Fort Washington, Maryland in 1983, the church has taken many steps of faith, and God has blessed it exceedingly and abundantly. It is a tremendous story of hope. Some people call it “The Miracle on Allentown Road.”

Reid Temple is a growing community of faith with three campuses in Glenn Dale and Silver Spring, Maryland, and our newest location which worships at New Bethany Baptist Church in Washington, DC, and a combined membership of well over 17,000 persons.