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The spiritual church movement is an informal name for a group of loosely allied and also independent

African American community
.

Many of them owe their origin to the evangelical work of

Black Hawk, a historical war leader of the Native American Sauk tribe, who had lived near where she was born.[1]

Although the churches founded by Anderson are often associated with New Orleans, the spiritual church movement has always been national in scope. It spread quickly throughout America during the 1920s, and one impetus for its diffusion was that in 1922, the National Spiritualist Association of Churches expelled or made unwelcome all of its black members.[2] This led to the formation of a national group called the Colored Spiritualist Association of Churches, and within a few years there were Black Spiritualist churches in Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, and many other cities.[2][3] During the decade preceding World War II, the Spiritual churches of New York City were well documented in print and film.[4][5]

At the present time,[

Catholic imagery, including the veneration of saints.[6][7]

It is common usage to distinguish spiritual church movement churches from other, often less explicitly Christian, Spiritualist churches, by the use of the name "Spiritual" rather than "Spiritualist" in their titles. This naming convention is found in mid-20th-century books such as How To Conduct a Candle Light Service by Mikhail Strabo and Rev. Adele Clemens of Divine Harmony Spiritual Church.[4] It is also notable in the names of Christian Spiritualist denominations within the Spiritual Church Movement, such as:

  • Metropolitan Spiritual Churches of Christ, founded in 1925[8]
  • Pentecostal Spiritual Assemblies of Christ Worldwide, founded in 1938 (whose motto is "Pentecostal by Birth, Spiritual by Lifestyle, Apostolic by Experience, and Christian by Demand. A Spiritual Church... On a Spiritual Foundation... Walking in the Supernatural..."),[9]
  • Mount Zion Spiritual Temple, founded by
    Houston, Texas
  • Universal Hagar's Spiritual Church, founded in the 1920s, which also operates the Hagar’s School of Mediumship and Psychology.[2][6][10][11]

See also

  • List of Spiritualist organizations

References

  1. ISBN 978-0878058068
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  2. ^
    ISBN 978-1572331464
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  3. ISBN 978-0-9836483-6-9
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  4. ^ a b Strabo, Mikhail; Clemens, Rev. Adele (1943). How To Conduct a Candle Light Service. Guidance House.
  5. March of Time" newsreel clip, "Harlem's Black Magic," 1937, contains footage of African American Spiritual Church, occult shop, and spiritual advisor signage in New York City; a copy is located at the Black Media Archive, as Episode 256: [1]
    ; church signage includes "Meetings Here Every Wednesday Night -- Spiritual-Pontifical Lectures and Demonstrations -- No Charge -- All Welcome -- By Prof. F [?] Wilson [?] -- Books on Sale - Incense," "Madame Bess - Special Good-Luck Powers," "Professor Payango DeVasso -- Metaphysician and Spiritual Advisor," "Church of the Guiding Apostle," "Sister Mignonette -- The Church Is One Foundation," "Bishop Payango DeVasso - Chapel of the Holy Spirit - Holy Ghost Branch," and "Chapel of the Sacred Spirit - Holy Ghost Branch - Bishop Payango DeVasso"
  6. ^
    ISBN 1-57233-148-8
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  7. ISBN 978-0-88289-895-7
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  8. ^ "Metropolitan Spiritual Churches of Christ". Retrieved 2011-05-15.
  9. ^ "Pentecostal Spiritual Assemblies of Christ Worldwide". Retrieved 2011-05-15.
  10. ^ "Universal Hagar's Spiritual Church". Retrieved 2011-05-15.
  11. ISBN 978-0415922456
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