Mother Bethel AME Church member, Wanda Davis, points to the tomb of the church’s founder, the Rev. Richard Allen, at the church museum on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Portraits of Mother Bethel AME Church founder the Rev. Richard Allen and his wife, Sarah, are displayed on a wall at the church’s museum in Philadelphia, on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Mother Bethel AME First Lady Leslie Tyler, front pew, worships with congregants and members of the Alpha Kappa Sorority at a service in Philadelphia on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Sunlight shines through the colorful stained-glass windows at Philadelphia’s Mother Bethel AME on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

A congregant at Mother Bethel AME Church prays during a service in Philadelphia on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Mother Bethel AME Church congregants react to the sermon by senior pastor, the Rev. Mark Tyler, in Philadelphia, on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Mother Bethel AME Church senior pastor, the Rev. Mark Tyler, leads a service in Philadelphia, on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Congregants pray at Mother Bethel AME Church in Philadelphia during a service on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)