Hi everyone, we are happy to share another newly available digital collection with you! A little history on this collection: the Methodist Episcopal Church South was an outgrowth of Methodism, but some African-Americans that were converted to Christianity by slave masters desired to have and control their own church. This desire led these members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South to start their own independent religious organization, which was The Colored Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church. It was later renamed the Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church in 1956. The Atlanta-Rome District consists of 34 churches in Atlanta and surrounding areas – the collection contains church programs and histories, minutes from national and district annual conferences, and photographs. These photographs range from the 1940s through the 1980s, and are now available on Digital Commons. The images depict members of the congregation at events in and out of church, as well as education and family life, even some cats! Hope y’all enjoy!