The idea to form a church that will meet the socio-spiritual needs of ethnic Africans was birthed by Kwadwo Ntim, with the help of Dr. Kwasi Kwakye Nuako of Howard University and Rev. Kay Dillard, the then Southern District Superintendent. She (Rev. Dillard) took the idea before the Cabinet of the Northern Illinois Conference. The result of that was a new “church start” for African immigrants in 1996. It was called Gye Nyame(Almighty God) located at 1229 W.50th Street in Chicago, with Kwadwo Ntim as the first Pastor. The first service was held in August 1996.

There was a persistent core group who believed in the idea of a church for Africans. Mr. Asabere Agyeman Badu, Mr. Kwame Gyan, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kesse, John Kesse, Doris Frimpong, the late Martison Frimpong and Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Somuah, were the initial or  founding members of Gye Nyame.

Despite a trying beginning, this chosen group hung in and prayerfully discussed other venues that would be attractive to the target group of the church:Africans immigrants. It was agreed by all that moving to the north side of city would help, as that area has considerable number of African residents.After a few weeks of searching for a new place, we identified Berry Memorial UMC at 4754 N. Leavitt as the most congenial and closest center for our targeted population—Africans immigrants. The congregation of Berry Memorial UMC graciously allowed us to use their facilities for worship and other services. This has been the place of worship since then for Gye Nyame United Methodist Church.

African Community had its first worship service on Sunday in the spring of 1997 at Berry Memorial with Kwadwo Ntim still the Pastor.
In 1998, the administrative council considered and changed the name of the church to "African Community United Methodist Church" to reflect our mission. The consensus was that the name Gye Nyame was limiting. It appealed more to Ghanaians than other Africans and thus inadvertently prevented the new church from reaching out to all Africans in the metro area.

In August of 2003, Rev. Kwadwo was reappointed to serve at Calvary United Methodist Church in Stockton, in the Rockford District and Rev. Amos Oladipo the current pastor was appointed as the new pastor.