Full Text of HR0364 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize Reverend Ricky D. Dixon on | 4 | | the occasion of his installation as pastor of Beautiful Zion | 5 | | Missionary Baptist Church (BZMBC); and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, BZMBC, organized with 16 members in 1945, is | 7 | | located on Chicago's South Side and provides spiritual | 8 | | leadership and pastoral care to congregants, the larger | 9 | | Englewood community, and beyond; the church is committed to | 10 | | discipleship, fellowship, love, care, and its faith; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Dixon is a native of Joliet; he committed to | 12 | | his faith at Zion Travelers Missionary Baptist Church of South | 13 | | Holland on March 18, 1998; he earned a bachelor's degree in | 14 | | sociology from Eastern Illinois University and also holds a | 15 | | specialized certificate from Northern Theological Seminary in | 16 | | Lombard, where he is pursuing a Master of Arts in Urban | 17 | | Leadership; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Dixon has more than 12 years of successful | 19 | | pastoral experience, most recently as an associate minister at | 20 | | Antioch Missionary Baptist Church of Chicago, where he is a | 21 | | member; for more than a decade, he served as pastor at Mt. | 22 | | Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Sun River Terrace; he |
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| 1 | | also previously served in a leadership role at Zion Travelers | 2 | | Missionary Baptist Church in South Holland; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Professionally, Rev. Dixon is the senior director | 4 | | of Membership Operations for the American Dental Association | 5 | | (ADA), a professional association based in Chicago comprised | 6 | | of more than 156,000 members; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Dixon is the husband of Eva Marie (Thomas) | 8 | | Dixon, and they have been married for 28 years; together, they | 9 | | are the parents of Joshua Thomas Dixon and the late Hannah | 10 | | Noel; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Dixon will be the sixth dynamic leader to | 12 | | serve at the helm in BZMBC's history, and he will be installed | 13 | | as the pastor on July 30, 2023; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 15 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we recognize Reverend Ricky D. Dixon on his installation as | 17 | | pastor of Beautiful Zion Missionary Baptist Church (BZMBC) of | 18 | | Chicago; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to Rev. Dixon as an expression of our esteem and | 21 | | respect.
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