Bill Text: GA HR875 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Muhlenberg, Reverend Henry M.; 300th anniversary of birth; recognize
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-04-11 - House Read and Adopted [HR875 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HR875-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 875
By:
Representatives Purcell of the
159th
and Stephens of the
164th
A
RESOLUTION
Celebrating
the 300th anniversary of the birth of Reverend Henry M. Muhlenberg; and for
other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Reverend Henry M. Muhlenberg, the Father of American Lutheranism, was born on
September 6, 1711, in Germany; and
WHEREAS,
Reverend Muhlenberg was educated at the University of Halle in Germany,
completed his studies in 1738, and taught at the Halle Orphanage;
and
WHEREAS,
in 1742, Reverend Muhlenberg emigrated to North America to raise funds for the
expansion of the Lutheran Church, to revitalize the church, and to start new
Lutheran congregations; and
WHEREAS,
on several occasions, Reverend Muhlenberg visited Ebenezer, Georgia, in
Effingham County, where he was greeted by Reverend John Martin Boltzius and
Reverend Israel Christian Gronau, spiritual leaders for the Georgia Salzburgers
in America; and
WHEREAS,
Reverend Muhlenberg's ministry was based in the Philadelphia area, and his
influence ranged throughout the American colonies; and
WHEREAS,
in 1742, he assumed the pastorate of the Old Trappe Church in Philadelphia, and
under his leadership, the congregation built a church and schoolhouse based upon
his designs which became known as Augustus Lutheran Church, and today it stands
as the oldest unchanged Lutheran church building in continuous use in the United
States; and
WHEREAS,
in honor of the 300th anniversary of Reverend Muhlenberg's birth, an exhibition
of his life works will be hosted in Pennsylvania and Atlanta and Savannah,
Georgia.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body honor the life and legacy of Reverend Henry M. Muhlenberg on the 300th
anniversary of his birth.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Consul
General Dr. Lutz H. Görgens, Consulate General of the Federal Republic of
Germany, and Dr. Thomas Müller-Bahlke, Franckesche Stiftungen, Halle,
Germany.
