Historic St. James AME Church

Historic St. James AME Church Historic St. James AME Church (1844) is New Orleans’ oldest Black, Protestant church and the Mother Church of African Methodism in the Deep South. Phillips.

James African Methodoist Episcopal Church (AMEC) is an affiliate congregation of the oldest predominately African American denomination in the United States of America. It's current pastor is the Rev. Dr. Demetrese D. Born out of the Free African Society of 1787, Historic St. James is consistent with the connectional AMEC in that it ministers to the entire person; that is the church's ministries a

ddress the temporal needs of the kingdom at hand, along with the spiritual needs of the kingdom to come. James' pastor, the Rev. Phillips was assigned to serve the church in November 2019, after having served as pastor of Greater Allen Chapel (Baton Rouge, LA), Mary Springhill (Shreveport,LA) Ebenezer ( Benton, MS) and Lewis Chapel (Buckatunna, MS) Dr. Phillips is a graduate of Wiley College where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Business he also earned his MDiv from Payne Theological Seminary and continued his academic career at Southern Methodist University’s Perkins School of Theology earning his doctorate degree in ministry. A pastoring career spanning over 20 years Dr. Phillips has dedicated his life to ministry and serves on many boards within the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. Phillips mantra is “Love God, Love the People and Do the Work.”

Historic St James AME Church would like to take this time to wish our beloved pastor a wonderful and blessed Happy Birt...
06/05/2026

Historic St James AME Church would like to take this time to wish our beloved pastor a wonderful and blessed Happy Birthday!!! 🎂🎂

5th Sunday of May
05/31/2026

5th Sunday of May

Women's Missionary Society Sunday

Reminder ... You can find the live service stream on our YouTube channel. Just search for Historic St. James AME
05/24/2026

Reminder ... You can find the live service stream on our YouTube channel. Just search for Historic St. James AME

Evangelism and Lay Day Sunday

05/16/2026

Celebrating the life of George Smith: December 27, 1953 - February 2, 2026

Operation Restoration
04/08/2026

Operation Restoration

04/06/2026
04/06/2026
What a Resurrection Sunday!!
04/06/2026

What a Resurrection Sunday!!

Join us this Sunday for YPD Sunday. We are also blessed and proud to announce will be delivering the word
03/06/2026

Join us this Sunday for YPD Sunday. We are also blessed and proud to announce will be delivering the word

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222 N Roman Street
New Orleans, LA
70112

Telephone

+15045868381

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