"Religious Experience and Journal of Mrs. Jarena Lee" by Jarena Lee is a true story from the 1800s where the author shares her spiritual path and what happened in her church as an African American woman. The story talks a lot about believing in God, being saved, and what women could do in the church, all while showing the challenges and victories the author met head on. Early on, Jarena talks about when she was young, like being apart from her family and then finding Christianity for herself. She tells of a time at church that really changed her, making her feel bad but also want to be a better person through faith. The story shows her tough times fighting temptation and how her faith grew stronger, leading her to her important calling, which was to preach, although she faced hesitation along the way but receives support from above.
Religious Experience and Journal of Mrs. Jarena Lee Giving an Account of Her Call to Preach the Gospel
By Jarena Lee
A woman recounts her path to discovering faith and defying expectations to answer a divine call.
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About the AuthorJarena Lee was the first woman preacher in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME). Born into a free Black family in New Jersey, Lee asked the founder of the AME church, Richard Allen, to be a preacher. Although Allen initially refused, after hearing her preach in 1819, Allen approved her preaching ministry. A leader in the Wesleyan-Holiness movement, Lee preached the doctrine of entire sanctification as an itinerant pastor throughout the pulpits of the African Methodist Episcopal denomination. In 1836, Lee became the first African American woman to publish an autobiography.
Jarena Lee was the first woman preacher in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME). Born into a free Black family in New Jersey, Lee asked the founder of the AME church, Richard Allen, to be a preacher. Although Allen initially refused, after hearing her preach in 1819, Allen approved her preaching ministry. A leader in the Wesleyan-Holiness movement, Lee preached the doctrine of entire sanctification as an itinerant pastor throughout the pulpits of the African Methodist Episcopal denomination. In 1836, Lee became the first African American woman to publish an autobiography.
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