Weeping Willow Ame Zion Church, Charlotte, NC 28215

About Us 

Civilized men have always made a pathway that led to a place of worship. Yes, long ago our forefathers realized that the church was indispensable to every community and to all groups of people. They learned early that the church is one of the greatest social organizations in existence. In pioneer days as well as in our present day, whenever the message was to be conveyed to the masses, the pulpit was the media by and through which it was done; whether the message was religious, political, business, or social.

It was in the year of our Lord 1877 A.D. that our church had its humble beginning. A group of loyal and devoted Christian men and women conceived the idea of organizing a church. They gave their time and money to this cause. Through their pioneering efforts, located in Southwest Mecklenburg County, in a grove underneath a number of weeping willow trees, they gave birth to the WEEPING WILLOW AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH. Among those pioneers, we find such warriors as Newell Potts, Hampton Colby, Jane Dinkins, Fannie Grier, Rufus Springs, Wallace Grier, Lee Hendingan, Sandy Brown, Ardeline Brown, and many others whose names are not listed. We were under the Episcopal administration of the late Bishop J.J. Clinton. Our first pastor was the late Rev. Ephraim Torrence, who rendered courageous leadership and devotion in getting the church on its upward path.

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