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Bethel Colored Methodist Episcopal Church

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Demonination

African Methodist Episcopal

Pastor

J.E. Williams

Race/Ethnicity

African-American

County

Sarasota County (Fla.)

City

Sarasota

Established

1924

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Title

Bethel Colored Methodist Episcopal Church

Subject

Florida Historical Records Survey

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WPA Church Record for Bethel Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in Sarasota, Sarasota County, established in 1924. This African Methodist Episcopal church served a mainly African-American congregation, and was pastored at the time of the survey by J.E. Williams.

Creator

Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey

Source

State Library of Florida, WPA Survey of Church Records

Date

1924

Format

church records

Type

Text

Identifier

slf_wpachurch_4564

Coverage

Depression Era Florida (1926-1939)

Denomination

African Methodist Episcopal

County

Sarasota County (Fla.)

City

Sarasota

Race/Ethnicity

African-American

Pastor

J.E. Williams

Image URL

1503005

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Church Name

Bethel Colored Methodist Episcopal Church

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Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. Bethel Colored Methodist Episcopal Church. 1924. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/251241>, accessed 20 June 2026.

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Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. Bethel Colored Methodist Episcopal Church. 1924. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/251241>

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County

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