2016 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 154
BY SENATOR BROWN
A RESOLUTION
To designate Wednesday, May 25, 2016, as Nelson Chapel A.M.E. Church Day in the
Louisiana Senate.
WHEREAS, the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E. Church) was founded
by Richard Allen in 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a connectional church; and
WHEREAS, the word "African" means that the church was organized by people of
African descent and heritage; and does not mean that the church was founded in Africa or
that it was for persons of African descent only; and
WHEREAS, the A.M.E. Church has more than one million members scattered across
the United States, Canada, South America, West Africa, South Africa, and the West Indies;
and
WHEREAS, the Nelson Chapel A.M.E. Church of Napoleonville, Louisiana,
Assumption Parish, was organized in 1869 and named after its founder, the late Reverend
J. J. Nelson; and
WHEREAS, Nelson Chapel A.M.E. Church is located within the boundaries of the
Eighth Episcopal District of the A.M.E. Church and within the Alexandria-Thibodaux
Presiding Elder District.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby designate Wednesday, May 25, 2016, as Nelson Chapel A.M.E. Church Day in
the Louisiana Senate.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be presented to the
Right Reverend Julius Harrison McAllister Sr., Presiding Bishop of the Eighth Episcopal
District, and Reverend Gwendolyn E. Snearl, Presiding Elder of the Alexandria-Thibodaux
District.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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