,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #abee  ,,in ,,the ,,house    
,,of ,,representatives  ,december #i1   
#bjbj,mrs4 ,hayes submitted the         
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,oversight and    
,reform  ,,resolution  ,commemorating   
the #aejth anniversary of the ,christian
 ,methodist ,episcopal ,church4         
,whereas composed primarily of ,african 
,americans1 the ,christian ,methodist   
,episcopal ,church is a branch of       
,wesleyan ,methodism founded and        
organized by ,john ,wesley in ,england  
in #ahdd and established in ,america as 
the ,methodist ,episcopal ,church in    
#aghd2 ,whereas the ,,cme ,church was   
founded on ,december #af1 #ahgj1 by #da 
ex-slaves in ,jackson1 ,tennessee2      
,whereas the first ,bishop of the ,,cme 
,church was ,bishop ,william ,miles2    
,whereas the ,,cme ,church has more than
 #a1bjj1jjj members across the ,united  
,states1 and has missions and sister    
churches in ,haiti1 ,jamaica1 and #ad   

,african nations2 ,whereas the ,,cme    
,church is governed by three branches1  
the ,executive 7,episcopacy71 the       
,legislative 7,general ,conference71 and
 the ,judiciary 7,judicial ,council72   
,whereas the official logo or symbol of 
the ,,cme ,church was originally        
authorized by ,bishop ,b4 ,julian ,smith
 for the ,centennial ,general           
,conference held in ,memphis in #aigj1  
and was officially adopted by the       
,general ,conference in #aigd1 as the   
denomination's connectional marker2     
,whereas the logo was designed by ,will 
,e4 ,chambers and shows the place of the
 ,,cme ,church in the rapidly changing  
urbanized society and its relation to   
,god's people2 ,whereas there are four  
,,cme ,church-related colleges1         
including-- 7#a7 ,lane ,college         
7,jackson1 ,,tn72  7#b7 ,miles ,college 
7,birmingham1 ,,al72  7#c7 ,paine       
,college 7,augusta1 ,,ga72 and  7#d7    
,texas ,college 7,tyler1 ,,tx72 ,whereas
 there is additionally a ,,cme          

,church-sponsored seminary1 the         
,phillips ,school of ,theology1 which is
 an affiliate member of the             
,interdenominational ,theological       
,center 7,atlanta1 ,,ga72 and ,whereas  
the motto of the #aejth anniversary of  
the ,,cme ,church is ,we are thy        
servants1 still43 ,now1 therefore1 be it
 ,that the ,house of ,representatives   
celebrates the #aejth anniversary of the
 founding of the ,christian ,methodist  
,episcopal ,church4