Pastor & Congregation

The Reverend Doctor Frederick A. Wright was born in Beckley, West Virginia, the son of Reverends Abner and Cornelia Wright, the United States first female Presiding Elder in the A.M.E. Church.  He received a Bachelor of Science Degree from the Baptist College at Charleston, South Carolina, the Master of Divinity Degree from the Interdenominational Theological Center Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia and the Doctor of Divinity Degree from United Theological Seminary. Rev. Wright, an Itinerant Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, is a member of the Methodist Ministers Fellowship of Dayton, Ohio; former member of the East End Cooperative Ministries of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, former President of the Greater Pittsburgh AME Ministerial Alliance, former Conference Dean for the Pittsburgh AME Conference Ministers Institute, and former Trustee Board member of Turner Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Georgia.  He served as the Tri-County Chaplain for the Migrant Ministry of Northeastern Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1981.  He has served as Pastor of Bethel AME Church, Scranton, Pennsylvania, St. Paul AME Church, Cleveland, Ohio, St. James AME Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Wayman AME Church, Dayton, Ohio. He presently serves as Pastor of Quinn Chapel AME Church, Forest Park, Ohio. While serving as Pastor in Pennsylvania, Rev. Wright was President of the East Liberty Development Company, Co-Chair of the Mayor’s Commission on Family, Board member of Camp Fire and the United Way, Congregation in Mission and Telespond for the Aged.  While in Cleveland, Ohio, he served as a member of the Planning Commission of the city, member of the University of Christian Movement for Colleges and Universities, and member of the YMCA. He was voted one of the Outstanding Young Men in America. He is a member of the Dayton Chapter of the NAACP, Adjunct Professor at Payne Theological Seminary, and a life member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity He is married to Jennifer Dixon Wright and has two sons, Frederick A. Wright, Jr. and Marcus Alexander Wright.

 

The Ministry of Quinn Chapel – 2009

Presiding Bishop -  Right Reverend C. Garnett Henning 

Presiding Elder - Rev. Dr. Wilton Blake 

Senior Pastor - Rev. Dr. Frederick A. Wright, Sr.

The Ministerial Assistants:

Rev. Colie Davis

Rev. Edwinna Davis 

Rev. Katheryn Davis 

Rev. Ozell Freeman - Retired 

Rev. Minnie Morris

Rev. Benjamin Phillips 

Rev. Bersetha Ranson

Rev. Dr. Robert H. Reid, Jr. - Retired General Officer

Rev. George Simms

Rev. Mary Turner

Rev. Dr. James T. Williams, Sr.

Rev. Wanda Wilson

 

 

 

What is the A. M. E. Church?

The mission of the African Methodist Episcopal Church is to minister to the spiritual, intellectual, physical, and emotional needs of all people by spreading Christ’s liberation gospel through word and deed. Each local church of the African Methodist Episcopal Church shall engage in carrying out the spirit of the original Free African Society.

African – means that people of African descent organized the church.

Methodist – refers to the church’s membership in the family of Methodist churches.

Episcopal – refers to the form of government under which the church operates.

Church – refers to the “Christian Church,” which is a community of people who believe in God and who have accepted Jesus Christ as the guiding example of their lives. We also believe in the third person of the Godhead, the Holy Spirit, who enables the believer to become a true and effective servant of God. Jesus Christ is the spiritual head of the Christian Church.

Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Quinn was begun in 1864 by free men and women to be able to worship God freely. In 1868, Rev. B.W. Arnett, who was on the Walnut Hills and Lockland circuit of the African Methodist Church came to Glendale, and on November 23, 1868, organized the society. Quinn Chapel moved from their Glendale location to the Forest Park community in 1983. In 1995, the church facility was expanded and now sits on approximately six acres. Our membership and ministries are flourishing. We praise God because "A New Day Is Dawning".

The Quinn Chapel A.M.E. family ministers to both the congregation and the community, seeking to fulfill the mandate of our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ who said "…. When you have done it unto the least of these, my brothers, you have done it unto me." (Matthew 25:31-40)

Quinn Chapel AME Church
10998 Southland Rd
Forest Park, OH 45240
513-825-4900