Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church

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Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church

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5 Glebe Street (Harleston Village)
CharlestonSC  29401
(843) 722-8118

Hours: Sanctuary is open for prayer and meditation
Monday - Wednesday and Friday: 11:30a to 1:30p

Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church was built in 1847-48 as the Glebe Street Presbyterian Church. In 1881 the church was purchased by a group from Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. They organized a new congregation which became Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church. Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church became the first brick church building in Charleston that African Americans owned.