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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Reverend Jarvis J. | ||||||
| 4 | Hanson, D.Min. on the occasion of his 17 years of pastoral | ||||||
| 5 | service at the New Nazareth Baptist Church of Chicago; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Rev. Hanson earned a Bachelor of Arts in Religion | ||||||
| 7 | from Faith International University, a Bachelor of Arts in | ||||||
| 8 | Ministry from Newburgh Bible College, a Master of Arts in | ||||||
| 9 | Pastoral Studies from Lake Charles Theological Seminary, and | ||||||
| 10 | both a Master of Arts in Theology and a Doctor of Ministry from | ||||||
| 11 | St. Thomas Christian University; he completed his Clinical | ||||||
| 12 | Pastoral Education (CPE) Level 1 Certification through the | ||||||
| 13 | Sankofa Clinical Pastoral Education Center; he is a board | ||||||
| 14 | certified Christian counselor doctoral diplomat through the | ||||||
| 15 | International Association Of Christian Counseling | ||||||
| 16 | Professionals, and he is currently a doctoral candidate in | ||||||
| 17 | Christian counseling at the Trinity College of the Bible and | ||||||
| 18 | Theological Seminary; and | ||||||
| 19 | WHEREAS, Rev. Hanson committed to his faith at an early | ||||||
| 20 | age, beginning his stewardship at United Faith Missionary | ||||||
| 21 | Baptist Church in Rockford at the age of 10; he then became the | ||||||
| 22 | interim pastor of the New Direction Fellowship Missionary | ||||||
| 23 | Baptist Church of Rockford at the age of 16, serving from March | ||||||
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| 1 | 2000 to August 2000; he was ordained as a minister at United | ||||||
| 2 | Faith Missionary Baptist Church in November 2006; and | ||||||
| 3 | WHEREAS, Rev. Hanson currently serves as pastor of the | ||||||
| 4 | historic New Nazareth Missionary Baptist Church of Chicago, | ||||||
| 5 | celebrating his 17 years of service on April 28, 2024; he | ||||||
| 6 | remains dedicated to leading his congregation with grace and | ||||||
| 7 | dignity, and his work includes traveling throughout the State | ||||||
| 8 | of Illinois and the U.S. to offer preaching, teaching, and | ||||||
| 9 | lecturing; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, Rev. Hanson serves as director of the Young | ||||||
| 11 | Pastors Division and chairman of the Moderator's Division for | ||||||
| 12 | the Baptist General State Convention of Illinois, a moderator | ||||||
| 13 | of the Greater New Era Baptist District Association of Chicago | ||||||
| 14 | and Vicinity, an adjunct professor of Homiletics for Chicago | ||||||
| 15 | Baptist Institute International, and as a certified dean | ||||||
| 16 | through the Sunday School Publishing Board of the National | ||||||
| 17 | Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.; he also belongs to the South | ||||||
| 18 | Shore Ministerial Alliance of Chicago and Vicinity; and | ||||||
| 19 | WHEREAS, Rev. Hanson has been nominated for induction into | ||||||
| 20 | the Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Preachers at Morehouse | ||||||
| 21 | College; and | ||||||
| 22 | WHEREAS, Rev. Hanson is the husband of Brandy Hanson and | ||||||
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| 1 | the father of Alycen-Grace Michele Hanson; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 3 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 4 | we congratulate Reverend Jarvis J. Hanson, D.Min. on his | ||||||
| 5 | 17-year pastoral anniversary at the New Nazareth Missionary | ||||||
| 6 | Baptist Church of Chicago, and we wish him continued success; | ||||||
| 7 | and be it further | ||||||
| 8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 9 | presented to Rev. Hanson as a symbol of our esteem and respect. | ||||||