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Saint Luke’s AME Church on 152nd and Amsterdam can easily go unnoticed from the street. The church was closed when I walked by but the sign above one of the entrances caught my attention. It read: “The African Methodist Episcopal Church Self-Help Program”. It only said Saint Luke’s at the bottom in much smaller letters. After attempting to find out more information online, I came up empty. I am not sure if going to an AME Church itself is considered its own form of religious “self-help” or if there is more to this program. I also wanted to see if I could discover more about the history of the church, but the website only discusses the origins of the AME Church and not Saint Luke’s specifically. There was actually more information about the Reverend Melvin E. Wilson than about Saint Luke’s itself. The website states its mission in reference to the entire mission of the AME Church, which seeks “to minister to the social, spiritual, and physical development of all people”. I think this points to the fact that Saint Luke’s sees itself within a greater community and wants to maintain its ties with the AME Church and its storied history.
St. Luke A.M.E. Church is actually located at 1872 Amsterdam Avenue, between 153rd and 154th Streets. The picture in this post appears to be of 1854 Amsterdam, which is the location of the St. Luke A.M.E. Church administrative offices. The church is guided by AME doctrine and is not a self-help ministry but provides services and assistance to the surrounding community in the form of feeding, clothing and AA meetings, etc. The church is very active in addressing issues in the local commuity, nationally and internationally. Worship services are held Sundays at 10:00 a.m. Please drop in at your leisure and be blessed.
Sorry. It’s on the corner of 153rd Street between 152nd and 153rd.