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St. Jude AME Church is truly blessed that you have taken the time to spend a
few moments at our web site. We are the “The Family Church for All
People, Where Jesus Christ Is Lord.” St. Jude is now in our ten
year of doing ministry in the Washington Metropolitan areas.
St. Jude is a warm and loving church open to all people who are led by the
Holy Spirit. We are praying for persons to come that we may truly be a
church diversified in all ways.
As a church in
the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Denomination, we believe in one God
who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. A statement of our faith is found in the
Apostle’s Creed.
The
Denomination was founded by persons of African descent, but has never been
exclusively for one race. We are Methodist in the tradition of Charles and
John Wesley who saw a need for a method of teaching in the church. We are
Episcopal meaning we have Bishops who have authority over his or her
churches. And yes, we believe in the ordination of women pastors and have
women who have been elected and consecrated as Bishops in our Zion. To God
be the Glory.
One feature of this site that I hope you visit is our prayer request option.
St. Jude AME has received prayer requests from across the nation and across
the world. We have been asked to pray for families in India where a father
is in bad health. A daughter in the Philippines was devastated to learn that
there was some infidelity in her family. Someone on the west coast of the
United States was about to lose her job. These are but an example of the
many requests that we have received and for which our prayer team has
offered prayer.
St.
Jude is active in our local community where we have instituted a program
which we call Youth for a Positive Future. This program has elements of
mentorship, training, and fun all of which is to position teenagers to
become the persons that Jesus would have them become. We use positive peer
pressure so that the teens can encourage each other to strive for
excellence. We have Church School for all ages, a Young Peoples Division
and in the Methodist tradition, we are a singing congregation. We hope that
you would decide to come by and worship with us or attend our Thursday Night
Bible Study. We would love to have you visit with us.
If
you are in the Washington Metropolitan area, and are looking for a church to
call home, come by and be welcome. Come on by and see how good and pleasant
it is when brothers and sister can be united.
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Rev. Dr. Byron J. Grayson, Sr.
Pastor
St. Jude AME Church
Germantown, MD
"The Family Church for
All People, WHERE JESUS IS LORD"
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