Amen

Clifton Davis

Reverend Reuben Gregory

Anna Maria Horsford

Thelma Frye

Roz Ryan

Amelia Hetabrink

Jester Hairston

Rolly Forbes

Tony T. Johnson

Chris

Bumper Robinson

Clarence

Seasons

Season 1

22 episodes

Premiered Sep 27, 1986

Season 2

21 episodes

Premiered Oct 3, 1987

Season 3

22 episodes

Premiered Oct 8, 1988

Season 4

23 episodes

Premiered Sep 23, 1989

Season 5

22 episodes

Premiered Nov 17, 1990

Episodes

1–6 of 22

Ep 1

Pilot

Sep 27, 1986

In the series pilot, Ernest Frye, a holier-than-thou deacon, is seeking a new minister for the First Community church.

Ep 2

The Courtship of Bess Richards

Oct 4, 1986

After hearing a beautiful gospel singer sing at a wedding, Deacon Frye decides to woo her so she will join the church and sing in the choir. He flatters her, and wines her and dines her to compel her to come, but his plan backfires when all the attention she is receiving causes her to fall in love with Deacon Frye, and she thinks he wants to marry her. At his wits end, he decides to tell her the truth, unaware of the wrath of a scorned woman.

Ep 3

The Morning After

Oct 11, 1986

Thelma intoxicates Reverend Gregory with her wine-cooked dinner, and he intoxicates her with a kiss. But the next morning, he has to break the news to her that he is not romantically interested in her, it was the alcohol that affected him. However, Thelma doesn't take the bad news very well, and gives him some charm of her own. Reuben also faces a dliemna with secretarial overstaffing.

Ep 4

The Deacon Delivers

Nov 1, 1986

A wayward teen wants to be reinstated in the church choir after being away from it for a while. Pastor Gregory is anxious to reinstate her, until he finds out she is pregnant, and not married. Fearing that her example might be a bad one for other teens in the church, he asks her to leave the choir. But things come to a head when she goes into labor during a baby shower at Deacon Frye's house, and the deacon is the only one left to deliver the baby. Meanwhile, the gang is trying to learn to speak Italian.

Ep 5

Rolly Falls in Love

Nov 8, 1986

Rolly has his eye on the waitress at the diner around the corner, but he is too shy to approach her. So he asks Deacon Frye to approach her on his behalf. Deacon Frye meets the waitress named Leona and finds out she doesn't even know who Rolly is. But since she's so attractive, he decides to ask her out himself. But while having a romantic get-together at her place, they are surprised by the unexpected return of her husband. Deacon Frye narrowly escapes without getting caught, but when he stops by to tell Rolly what happened, Rolly makes a date with the real waitress he's had his eye on, Hannah. Oddly enough, he doesn't even know who Leona is.

Ep 6

Retreat, Heck!

Nov 15, 1986