Religion Collection
James Walker Hood (May 30, 1831 – October 30, 1918)
James Walker Hood (May 30, 1831 – October 30, 1918) was an African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (AME Zion) bishop in North Carolina from 1872 to 1916. Before emancipation, he was an active abolitionist. During the American Civil War, he went to New Bern, North Carolina, and preached for the church to the black people and soldiers in the area.
Katie Geneva Cannon (January 3, 1950 – August 8, 2018)
Katie Geneva Cannon (January 3, 1950 – August 8, 2018) was an American Christian theologian and ethicist associated with womanist theology and black theology. She was the first African-American woman ordained in the United Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)., which occurred in 1974.
Katie Geneva Cannon - January 3, 1950 – August 8, 2018
Rev Dr Katie Geneva Cannon - January 3, 1950 – August 8, 2018
Katie Geneva Cannon raised up black women’s voices for the sake of church and world
Cannon created a womanist approach to theology and wove it through her vocation as a pastor, professor, and ethicist.
Reaves Chapel
The oldest AME church building in Southeastern NC, Reaves Chapel near Navassa has been abandoned for many years. (Photo: NC Coastal Land Trust)
Dating from the 1880s, Reaves Chapel was one of the oldest AME churches in the region, tracing its roots to the Cedar Hill Mission, formed by the former Methodist Episcopal Church. It served former slaves connected to the former Cedar Hill Plantation, located along Indian Creek in eastern Brunswick County.
