1.0Paterson Historyhttps://patersonhistory.comRichard Walterhttps://patersonhistory.com/index.php/author/richwalt/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="rs3gvEgYke"><a href="https://patersonhistory.com/index.php/bethel-ame-church/">Bethel AME Church</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://patersonhistory.com/index.php/bethel-ame-church/embed/#?secret=rs3gvEgYke" width="600" height="338" title="“Bethel AME Church” — Paterson History" data-secret="rs3gvEgYke" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://patersonhistory.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>   Bethel AME Church is one of Paterson’s historic African-American congregations and has served the city for more than 160 years. Located at 24 Auburn Street, the church is part of the historic African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest independent … Continuedhttps://images.openai.com/static-rsc-4/vX72a5ISyWAexbOPw08ecbt6K72u6wzK8O7CmBubIS4Sn4SaAQ9GyGAf7DoXQKwMsE-so3yXB4cNy7t0g2E_804jB-WGjxMfayTG7lGmNk4mSZoLq1UY0v6rE1mJZPtZ6e03EyeexOOCX57NL4UHAAfZM16H6oqHtoUjQReAYvA?purpose=inline