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Part of State of the City, the Greater Austin Mission Society's public record of the church in the Austin metro.
Metropolitan AME Church
Church · Methodist
Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic AME congregation in East Austin, organized in 1870 when a group of Black men and women gathered in the home of Tempie Washington to worship. Its early members helped establish Paul Quinn College in 1872, and its sanctuary at 1101 East 10th Street carries a Texas Historical Commission marker.
- Languages
- English
- Founded
- 1870
- Website
- Open the website
- Division
- Austin
Record last verified August 6, 2026.Suggest a correction
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1101 E 10th St, Austin, TX 78702, United States
One of 434 congregations we count in the Austin division, where there is roughly one church for every 2,130 residents. Across the fifteen divisions it is one for every 1,980. You can pray for this division.
From the Society database as of 2026-10-10, rebuilt monthly.