HLS 16RS-4811 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 189
BY REPRESENTATIVE CHAD BROWN
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Recognizes Wednesday, May 25, 2016, as Nelson
Chapel A.M.E. Church Day in the Louisiana House of Representatives
1 A RESOLUTION
2To recognize Wednesday, May 25, 2016, as Nelson Chapel A.M.E. Church Day in the
3 Louisiana House of Representatives.
4 WHEREAS, the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church was founded by
5Richard Allen in 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a connectional church; and
6 WHEREAS, the word "African" means that the church was organized by people of
7African descent and heritage; it does not mean that the church was founded in Africa or that
8it was for persons of African descent only; and
9 WHEREAS, the roots of A.M.E. churches are of the family of Methodist churches;
10Methodism provides an orderly system of rules and regulations and places emphasis on a
11plain and simple gospel; and
12 WHEREAS, "Episcopal" refers to the form of government under which the church
13operates; the chief executive and administrative officers of the African Methodist Episcopal
14denomination are the Bishops of the church; and
15 WHEREAS, the A.M.E. Church has more than one million members scattered across
16the United States, Canada, South America, West Africa, South Africa, and the West Indies;
17and
18 WHEREAS, the Nelson Chapel A.M.E. Church of Napoleonville, Louisiana, was
19organized in 1869, and was named after the Reverend J.J. Nelson; and
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1 WHEREAS, Nelson Chapel A.M.E. Church is located within the boundaries of the
2Eighth Episcopal District of the A.M.E. Church and within the Alexandria-Thibodaux
3Presiding Elder District.
4 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
5Legislature of Louisiana does hereby designate Wednesday, May 25, 2016, as Nelson Chapel
6A.M.E. Church Day in the Louisiana House of Representatives.
7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
8to the Right Reverend Julius Harrison McAllister, Sr., presiding bishop of the Eighth
9Episcopal District, and Reverend Gwendolyn E. Snearl, presiding elder of the Alexandria-
10Thibodaux District.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 189 Original 2016 Regular Session Chad Brown
Designates Wed., May 25, 2016, as Nelson Chapel A.M.E. Church Day in the La. House of
Representatives.
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