Full Text of HR0451 96th General Assembly
HR0451 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 Bishop J.E. Moore, | 4 |
| pastor of Christ Temple Church of the Apostolic Faith in | 5 |
| Joliet, on being named the Presiding Bishop of the Pentecostal | 6 |
| Churches of the Apostolic Faith Association, Inc; and
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| WHEREAS, Bishop Moore has served the Joliet community for | 8 |
| over 40 years and his church has served as the host site for | 9 |
| the annual Joliet Gospel Fest for many years; and
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| WHEREAS, As a community leader, he served the Joliet area | 11 |
| as a board member for Big Brothers, as a board member for the | 12 |
| YMCA, as an Advisory Board Member for Joliet School District | 13 |
| 86, and as an Advisory Board member for Will County; and
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| WHEREAS, He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from | 15 |
| Berean Christian College, a Bachelor of Arts degree from | 16 |
| Governor State University, a Masters of Arts degree from Moody | 17 |
| Bible Institute, a Masters of Theology from Trinity Theological | 18 |
| Seminary, a Ph.D. from the International Seminary, and a Doctor | 19 |
| of Ministry degree from the American Seminary; and
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| WHEREAS, Bishop Moore was ordained with ministerial | 21 |
| (Elder) credentials in July of 1967; he was appointed to |
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| District Elder in March of 1973; he was appropriated as Bishop | 2 |
| in March of 1994; he was nominated Elective Assistant Presiding | 3 |
| Bishop of the International Pentecostal Churches of the | 4 |
| Apostolic Faith, then appropriated in July of 2000; and he was | 5 |
| named Elective Presiding Prelate of the International | 6 |
| Pentecostal Churches of the Apostolic Faith Association, Inc. | 7 |
| and appropriated in July of 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, He and his lovely wife, Tecola, are the parents of | 9 |
| five beautiful children: Jayme Lynn, Gregory Wayne, who is | 10 |
| married to Tracy, Robin, James Edger Anthony, who is married to | 11 |
| Ira, and Edyth Colleen, who is married to Melvin Campbell; they | 12 |
| are the proud grandparents of seven grandchildren: Jay, James | 13 |
| Jr., Christian, Christopher, Melvin, Jeremiah, Tecola | 14 |
| Climmieteen, and Jariah; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 |
| congratulate Bishop Moore on this honor and wish him continued | 18 |
| success in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to Bishop J.E. Moore as a symbol of our respect.
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