2014-0009
Title
In Recognition: Bishop Otis Kenner, II
Body
The Parish of St. Charles
January 21, 2014
IN RECOGNITION
WHEREAS, Bishop Otis Kenner, II, a life-long resident of New Sarpy, Louisiana, lives with his wife of 18 years, Tyra, and has ten children and seven grandchildren; and,
WHEREAS, Bishop Kenner is a native of Norco, Louisiana, born December 22, 1968 to Gloria Blue Lee and the late Otis Kenner, Sr., and was raised by his late father Martin Luther Lee, Sr.; and,
WHEREAS, Bishop Kenner received the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal savior on August 28, 1983 by Reverend Fred T. Porter at St. Matthew Baptist Church in New Sarpy; and,
WHEREAS, Bishop Kenner, a 1987 graduate of Destrehan High School, received his call to ministry in 1991, and was licensed in 1992 by Reverend Frantz C. Dunn, III; and,
WHEREAS, Bishop Kenner was ordained as an Elder at Abundant Life Cathedral in New Orleans in 1995 and in 1997 he became the founding Pastor of Faith Praise & Deliverance Temple now named Fresh Faith Worship Center where he has served for over sixteen years; and,
WHEREAS, in 1998, Bishop Kenner was consecrated as a Bishop by Inter Faith Assemblies Worldwide where he was co-founder and First Vice President; in 1999 he attended the Joint College of African American Pentecostal Bishops in Cleveland, Ohio where he received a Label 1 Diploma; and he also received a diploma from the Experiencing God, Christian Growth Study Plan; and,
WHEREAS, Bishop Kenner has faithfully served on as a volunteer minister at the Nelson Coleman Correctional Institution for more than fifteen years, is a member of the Board of Directors for the St. Charles Community Health Center, was nominated by Parish President V.J. St. Pierre, Jr., to serve on the Board of Directors for the Port of New Orleans, and was appointed as a Jury Commissioner by the Honorable Judge Emile St. Pierre; and,
WHEREAS, on September 27, 2013, Bishop Kenner was installed as Presiding Bishop of Kingdom Growth Fellowship of Churches.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL AND THE PARISH PRESIDENT, do hereby offer congratulations and recognition to
BISHOP OTIS KENNER, II
"PARISH OF PLENTY"
created in 1807 from the county of the
"German Coast", a parish of
unprecedented economic and social
development, known for its
hospitality, rural living and sporting
opportunitiesÂ… with the added
distinction of being located
on both sides of the
Mighty Mississippi River.