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GA SR1023
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/15/2018
Primary Sponsor
Tonya Anderson
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AI Summary
- Congratulates and commends Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church on its 140th anniversary, having been organized in 1878 with land donated by Mr. L. Bates and its first pastor being Reverend Andrew Paul Beslaw
- Recognizes the church's resilience through multiple fires around 1900, with the congregation rebuilding each time and the new buildings dedicated by Bishop Henry McNeal Turner in 1902
- Notes significant expansions from 1968 to 1986, including the addition of Sunday school rooms, offices, a kitchen, fellowship area, new stained glass windows, and a baptismal font
- Acknowledges the church's national television exposure from 1988 to 1991 as a filming location for In The Heat of the Night and I'll Fly Away, and its service as a permanent voter registration site for Newton County
- Directs the Secretary of the Senate to provide an appropriate copy of the resolution to Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church
Legislative Description
Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church; 140th anniversary; congratulate
Last Action
Senate Read and Adopted
3/15/2018
Full Bill Text
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