The Union American Methodist Episcopal Church was the third African-American Methodist Church formed in the United States. It was organized in 1805, after African-Americans left Asbury Methodist Episcopl Church in Wilmington, Delaware. The dissenting group worshipped outdoors and in homes until 1813. In that year, they build an ediface and incorporated as Union Church of Africans. A defecting group from this body formed African Union Church. The defecting group [later] "forced the change to the present name."