Full Text of HR0090 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives would like to declare African Methodist | 4 | | Episcopal (AME) Church Day on March 27, 2021 and celebrate the | 5 | | AME Church's 205th anniversary of their founding in 1816; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The African Methodist Episcopal Church was born | 7 | | through adversity and grew out of the Free African Society | 8 | | (FAS), which was established in Philadelphia by Richard Allen, | 9 | | Absalom Jones, and others in 1787; due to racial | 10 | | discrimination at St. George's MEC, members made plans to | 11 | | transform their mutual aid society into an African | 12 | | congregation; Bethel AME was dedicated in 1974 with Richard | 13 | | Allen as its pastor; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The geographical spread of the AMEC prior to the | 15 | | Civil War was mainly restricted to the Northeast and Midwest; | 16 | | the denomination reached the Pacific Coast in the early 1850s; | 17 | | the most significant era of denominational development | 18 | | occurred during the Civil War and Reconstruction; because of | 19 | | its rapid spread below the Mason-Dixon line, AME membership | 20 | | reached 400,000; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Today, the African American Methodist Episcopal | 22 | | Church has membership in 20 Episcopal Districts in 44 |
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| 1 | | countries on five continents; the work of the Church is | 2 | | administered by 21 active bishops and nine general officers, | 3 | | who manage the departments of the Church; Reverend John | 4 | | Franklin White is the 130th Elected and Consecrated Bishop and | 5 | | is the Presiding Bishop of the Fourth Episcopal District of | 6 | | the AME Church (AMEC); he supervises AME Churches and pastors | 7 | | in Canada, Michigan, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and | 8 | | Illinois; his wife, Mrs. Penny Hartsfield White, is the | 9 | | Episcopal Supervisor of the Fourth District; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 11 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we declare African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church Day on | 13 | | March 27, 2021 and congratulate the AME Church on their 205th | 14 | | anniversary; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, that we recognize the Fourth District Council | 16 | | for its leadership and service, and we wish the AME continued | 17 | | success in its mission to minister to the social, spiritual, | 18 | | and physical development of all people.
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