 He not only created and fostered his network of AMEZ churches in North Carolina, but he also was the grand master for the entire South of the Prince Hall Masonic Lodge, a secular organization that strengthen the political and economic forces inside the black community.In addition to all-black churches, many black Methodists were associated with the Northern Methodist Church.Others were associated with the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church CME; CME was an organ of the white Southern Methodist Church.