[3][4] In 1870, St. Paul was officially accepted into the African Methodist Episcopal Church System, headquartered in Philadelphia.

[3] The property on which the church sits today was originally bought on April 15, 1878, from Benjamin and Dilsy Craig for $55.

[6] The original church building was a log cabin constructed by its members on Merritt Mill Road in 1878.

[7] St. Paul AME Church has expansion plans which expect to take ten years once the proposal is fully approved.

[12] St. Paul AME was featured in a project to help preserve and engage with the history of the historic Chapel Hill and Carrboro neighborhoods of Northside, Pine Knolls, and Tin Top with the Marian Cheek Jackson Center and their oral history project From the Rock Wall.