Philadelphia将Lombard Street一段更名为「Bishop Richard Allen Avenue」 纪念非裔卫理公会创始人 母伯特利教堂所在地
位于宾夕法尼亚州费城县的费城市（市县合一），据Philadelphia媒体报道，Philadelphia市政府10月7日举行仪式，将Lombard Street一段正式更名为「Bishop Richard Allen Avenue」，纪念非裔卫理公会（AME）创始人理查德·艾伦。更名路段是历史悠久的母伯特利非裔卫理公会教堂所在地。
非裔卫理公会第一主教区主教小塞缪尔·劳伦斯·格林在仪式上致辞，称艾伦之路代表自由，艾伦当年买下自身自由，正是基于人人应享有自由的信念。艾伦1760年生于奴役之中，17岁时成为卫理公会信徒。
据报道，艾伦后来在Philadelphia创立母伯特利教堂，并于1816年参与创立非裔卫理公会，这是美国第一个独立的非裔教派。新路牌于仪式上揭幕，设在Lombard Street该路段。
（来源：《基督邮报》报道、WHYY Billy Penn）
Philadelphia Renames Lombard Street Section Bishop Richard Allen Way for AME Church Founder
Philadelphia is a city in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (a consolidated city-county). Philadelphia media reported that city officials held a ceremony on October 7 to rename a section of Lombard Street as Bishop Richard Allen Way, honoring Richard Allen, a founder of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. The renamed section is home to the historic Mother Bethel AME Church.
Bishop Samuel Lawrence Green Sr., who oversees the AME Church's First Episcopal District, spoke at the ceremony and said the Bishop Richard Allen Way stands for freedom, noting that Allen purchased his own freedom believing all persons deserve to be free. Allen was born into slavery in 1760 and became a Methodist at 17.
Allen went on to found Mother Bethel church in Philadelphia and helped establish the AME Church in 1816, the first independent Black denomination in the United States. The new street sign was unveiled at the ceremony on Lombard Street.
Sources: The Christian Post, October 14, 2026; Billy Penn at WHYY.
来源：《基督邮报》、WHYY Billy Penn
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