First African Methodist Episcopal Church
“First To Serve”
2270 S. Harvard Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008
FAME Church, Los Angeles is the oldest church founded by African Americans in the City of Angels. In 1872 Ms. Biddy Mason received the vision from God to establish a church that would minister to the mind, body and soul of all who would join that small band of believers. That vision and small band of believers has grown to what is now a congregation of more than 19,000 members and several dozen ministries within 13 corporations that bless and reach tens of thousands of seekers in greater metropolitan Los Angeles. Built on the foundation laid by Bishop Richard Allen who in the City of Philadelphia in 1787 started the movement that later became the African Methodist Episcopal Church, FAME Church finds joy in being the “First To Serve.”
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Meet Our Pastor
Reverend Dr. Timothy Tyler
Reverend Dr. Timothy Tyler was born on January 30, 1964 in Jackson, Mississippi to Carolyn E. Tyler Guidry and Cary Bernard Tyler. He earned his B.A. degree in mass communication and media studies in 1988 from Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia. He went on to earn his M.Div. degree in homiletics from the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia in 1991. Then, Tyler earned his D. Min degree from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio in 1997.
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FAME Church LA is a welcoming faith community rooted in love, service, and spiritual empowerment. We are committed to uplifting families, strengthening faith, and being “First to Serve” in our community.
