First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles, Methodist church in West Adams district, Los Angeles, United States.

The First African Methodist Episcopal Church is a church building in the West Adams district completed in 1968 with raised foundations and stucco exterior walls. Decorative murals adorn the west-facing side between the bay sections, giving the building a distinctive character.

The congregation was founded in 1872 under the sponsorship of Biddy Mason and her son-in-law Charles Owens, with organizing meetings held in Mason's home on Spring Street; she donated the land for the first church. A building at 8th and Towne served from 1902 to 1968 and was nominated as Los Angeles Landmark #71 in 1971, but it burned down on July 4, 1972. The current West Adams church, designed by African American architect Paul R. Williams, was completed in 1968.

The initials A.M.E. stand for African Methodist Episcopal, a denomination founded by Rev. Richard Allen in Philadelphia in 1816. The congregation's founding in 1872 makes it the oldest African American church in Los Angeles. Its social role is visible in initiatives such as the 40 task forces on health, housing and employment created in the 1980s and 1990s.

The church stands in the West Adams district, near Jefferson Park, at the coordinates 34.03425, -118.30616. Visitors should time a visit around worship services or community events, since the building is in active use as a congregation of more than 19,000 members. The current structure was completed in 1968.

In 1993 federal authorities uncovered a plot by young men linked to the "Fourth Reich Skinheads" to bomb the church and ignite a race war; the accused negotiated plea bargains with prosecutors. The congregation had already been named the 177th Point of Light by President George H. W. Bush for its community outreach.