As you visit this site for Allen Chapel AME Church Staunton, Virginia, our hope is that it calls out to you, our sister or brother, in a solicitude of joyous fellowship.
Let the words and images here be food for the spirit. Let the report of the goodness of God be upon all of us, and there will be rejoicing in the land.
We hope you’ll find the pages here a ready instrument of love’s unbounded power for …
- drawing those at a distance near and
- singing the song of high regard for the world and God who made it.
May God’s blessings continue to keep you in the months ahead.
—Rev. Edward A. Scott, pastor





Sermons That Resonate
Allen Chapel has been blessed with the leadership of Rev. Edward A. Scott who — for more than 25 years — has been a clarion voice for God’s people in Staunton, Virginia.
The recent pandemic and sequestration has allowed the sermons of Rev. Scott to find expanding audiences on YouTube and Facebook. We encourage you to spend just a few minutes to discover this gifted orator called to God’s service.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
Whereas our ancestors (not of choice) were the first successful cultivators of the wilds of America, we their descendants feel ourselves entitled to participate in the blessings of her luxuriant soil.
A LOVE SUPREME
On Sunday, September 25, 2022, we celebrated worship at Allen Chapel with the melodies and improvisations of America’s original art form: Jazz.
The music of Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Lee Morgan and others will punctuate the Gospel message with an urgency, creativity and tenderness that is often relegated to smoky clubs and bars like the Blue Note, Birdland or the Village Vanguard.





Address
936 Sudbury Street
Staunton, VA 24401
Services
Sundays 11am – 1pm
Sunday School 9:30 am – 10:30 am
Phone
540-886-2210
[email protected]