Full Text of HR1229 94th General Assembly
HR1229 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Pastor Walstone Elisha Francis will celebrate his | 3 |
| 14th anniversary as pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church of Waukegan | 4 |
| this year; and
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| WHEREAS, A native of Naussau, Bahamas, Pastor Francis was | 6 |
| called to pastor Shiloh Baptist Church of Waukegan on January | 7 |
| 8, 1992; he assumed the pastorate on Sunday, March 1, 1992, and | 8 |
| on Sunday, May 3, 1992, he was officially installed as pastor | 9 |
| by Dr. Earle Francis and Pastor Wellington Johnson; he became a | 10 |
| United States citizen in 1994; and
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| WHEREAS, He is currently an instructor for Sister Theresa | 12 |
| B. Stackhouse Leadership School, Baptist General State | 13 |
| Congress of Christian Education, and the Congress of Christian | 14 |
| Education of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.; he is | 15 |
| also a volunteer chaplain; Fourth Vice-president and Chairman | 16 |
| of Foreign Missions for the Baptist General Convention of | 17 |
| Illinois; an adult writer for the Sunday School Publishing | 18 |
| Board of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.; and | 19 |
| organizer and moderator of the Lake Shore Baptist District in | 20 |
| Waukegan and the vicinity; and
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| WHEREAS, During his pastorate at Shiloh, he has crowned | 22 |
| seven deacons, six in Shiloh; licensed ten ministers, seven in | 23 |
| Shiloh; and has ordained six preachers to the gospel ministry, | 24 |
| three in Shiloh; and
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| WHEREAS, Pastor Francis is renowned and highly regarded in | 26 |
| the Christian ministry as a pastor, preacher, and teacher of | 27 |
| the gospel; and
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| WHEREAS, He is married to Mrs. Angelica Rene Otey Williams; | 29 |
| they are the parents of one son, one daughter, and four adopted | 30 |
| children, and the proud grandparents of five; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 |
| we congratulate Pastor Francis on the occasion of his 14th | 4 |
| anniversary as pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church of Waukegan; and | 5 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to Pastor Francis as an expression of our esteem.
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