Full Text of HR0987 96th General Assembly
HR0987 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members of the | 4 |
| Illinois State Association of Free Will Baptists on the | 5 |
| occasion of the association's 50th annual meeting; and
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| WHEREAS, Free Will Baptist churches have had a presence in | 7 |
| the State of Illinois since well before 1850; most of these | 8 |
| churches, however, ceased to be Free Will Baptist after 1911, | 9 |
| when the northern line of the denomination merged into the | 10 |
| Northern Baptist Convention; only in the south central section | 11 |
| of Illinois did a small group of Free Will Baptists maintain | 12 |
| their distinct identity; and
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| WHEREAS, After meeting for many years at the Southern | 14 |
| Illinois Yearly Conference of Free Will Baptists, the Illinois | 15 |
| State Association of Free Will Baptists was formed on August | 16 |
| 10, 1960 at the Tabernacle campground in Benton; the | 17 |
| association then reorganized the State's Free Will Baptist | 18 |
| churches into districts, elected a slate of officers, and | 19 |
| adopted a constitution and a set of by-laws; the association | 20 |
| held its first annual session at the Tabernacle campground in | 21 |
| Benton on June 23-24, 1961; and
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| WHEREAS, Today, the Illinois State Association of Free Will |
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| Baptists consists of 40 churches and has numerous boards to | 2 |
| assist its membership with educational, humanitarian, and | 3 |
| religious work; and
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| WHEREAS, The current officers of the Illinois State | 5 |
| Association of Free Will Baptists are Dr. David L. Burgess, | 6 |
| moderator; Rev. David Womack, assistant moderator; Rev. Larry | 7 |
| Cook, clerk; Rev. Harlan Jackson, assistant clerk; Mr. Tim | 8 |
| Hayes, treasurer; and Rev. David Shores, promotional secretary | 9 |
| and member of the General Board of the National Association of | 10 |
| Free Will Baptists; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 13 |
| congratulate the members of the Illinois State Association of | 14 |
| Free Will Baptists on the occasion of the association's 50th | 15 |
| annual meeting and wish them continued success and happiness in | 16 |
| the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the Executive Board of the Illinois State | 19 |
| Association of Free Will Baptists as a symbol of our esteem and | 20 |
| respect.
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