HLS 18RS-1651 ORIGINAL
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 46
BY REPRESENTATIVE CHAD BROWN
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates April 4, 2018, as Nelson Chapel A.M.E.
Church Day in the Louisiana House of Representatives
1 A RESOLUTION
2To recognize Wednesday, April 4, 2018, 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 correctional 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 is for persons of African descent only; and
9 WHEREAS, the roots of A.M.E. churches are in 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 across the
16United States, Canada, South America, West Africa, South Africa, and the West Indies; and
17 WHEREAS, the Nelson Chapel A.M.E. Church of Napoleonville, Louisiana, was
18organized in 1869, and was named after the Reverend J.J. Nelson; and
19 WHEREAS, Nelson Chapel A.M.E. Church is located within the boundaries of the
20Eighth Episcopal District of the A.M.E. Church and within the Alexandria-Thibodaux
21Presiding Elder District.
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HR NO. 46
1 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
2Legislature of Louisiana does hereby designate, Wednesday, April 4, 2018, as Nelson
3Chapel A.M.E. Church Day in the Louisiana House of Representatives.
4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that suitable copies of this Resolution be transmitted
5to the Right Reverend Julius Harrison McAllister, Sr., presiding bishop of the Eighth
6Episcopal District, and the Reverend Gwendolyn E. Snearl, presiding elder of the
7Alexandria-Thibodaux 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 46 Original 2018 Regular Session Chad Brown
Designates Apr. 4, 2018, as Nelson Chapel A.M.E. Church Day in the La. House of
Representatives.
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