
Welcome to the
Portsmouth Richmond Roanoke District of the
African Methodist Episcopal Church
“Doing Ministry in the Spirit of Excellence – Keeping it 100!"
Scriptural Focus: 2 Timothy 4:2,5 (KJV) “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine…. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.”


405 Shell Road
Chesapeake, VA 23323
Service: 11:00 am
Sunday School: 9:30 am
Bible Study: Wednesday 6:30 pm
Rehoboth A.M.E. Church was founded in 1865. Rehoboth had its first service in a bush tent in the year 1865. Since that time the church has been remodeled once and rebuilt recently in 2004. Rehoboth’s first building was purchased from Deep Creek United Methodist Church. In Rehoboth’s early days traveling A.M.E. pastors were paid with hand scrubbed laundry service, produce, eggs and chickens. In the newly rebuilt church a mural history of Rehoboth’s pastors through the years is displayed.
Rehoboth AME Church

Rev. Bernard Holmes
Pastor, Rehoboth AME Church