Jarena lee autobiography vs biography
Jarena lee autobiography vs biography
Jarena lee!
Jarena Lee
American preacher (1783–1864)
Jarena Lee | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1783-02-11)11 February 1783 Cape May, New Jersey |
| Died | February 3, 1864(1864-02-03) (aged 80) |
| Spouse | Joseph Lee |
| Known for | Preaching |
| Religion | Christian |
| Denomination | African Methodist Episcopal |
| Founder of | Weslyian Holiness Movement |
Jarena Lee (February 11, 1783 – February 3, 1864[1]) was the first woman preacher in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME).[2] 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.[3][4] 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.[3][5] In 1836, Lee became the