Full Text of HR1380 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Pastor Joseph B. Gordon on | 4 | | the occasion of his 20th anniversary in the ministry; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Joseph Gordon is a native of Detroit, | 6 | | Michigan; he accepted his call to ministry at the age of 15; he | 7 | | earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and | 8 | | Communications from the University of Michigan and a Masters of | 9 | | Divinity from the Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary at | 10 | | Northwestern University in Evanston; he continued his studies | 11 | | at the Institute of Church Administration and Management at the | 12 | | Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia; he | 13 | | also has an earned Doctor of Ministry degree in Prophetic | 14 | | Preaching and Congregational Leadership from United | 15 | | Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Prior to his service at Carter Temple, Pastor | 17 | | Joseph Gordon served as senior pastor in four assignments in | 18 | | Illinois and Michigan; through his leadership, there were | 19 | | increases in stewardship, membership, and community | 20 | | involvement; his passions are preaching, teaching and working | 21 | | with civic and community leaders, health care issues, and other | 22 | | concerns directly related to the African American experience | 23 | | and the urban church; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Joseph Gordon has been invited to serve as | 2 | | a preacher, teacher, and revivalist across the United States | 3 | | and was an inaugural presenter at the Styberg Preaching | 4 | | Institute; he received the Styberg Award for excellence in | 5 | | homiletics and the 2011 Outstanding Minister Award from the | 6 | | Phillips School of Theology at the Interdenominational | 7 | | Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia; he is also a three-time | 8 | | recipient of the Spirit of Detroit Award; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Joseph Gordon served as a member of the | 10 | | advisory board for Brothers and Sisters United against HIV/AIDS | 11 | | in Illinois; he is the current Chairman of the Joint Board of | 12 | | Finance of the Southeast Missouri, Illinois, and Wisconsin | 13 | | Region and held the same position in the Michigan-Indiana | 14 | | Region; he served on the Board of Directors for the Storehouse | 15 | | of Hope, a church and non-profit collaborative in Detroit's | 16 | | Northend neighborhood; he has been a public relations aide for | 17 | | Congressman John Conyers, Jr., a community-faith liaison the | 18 | | NAACP, an appointed member of Mayor Dave Bing's Detroit | 19 | | Community Faith Initiative, a delegate to the General | 20 | | Conference of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and the | 21 | | Conference of National Black Churches, a founding member of the | 22 | | Black Methodist Alliance of Detroit, president of the Detroit | 23 | | District Ministerial Alliance, and a member of the | 24 | | Pan-Methodist Commission; he currently serves on the National |
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| 1 | | Council of Churches, where he is a member of the | 2 | | Intergenerational Think Tank; during his pastorate at St. | 3 | | John's in Detroit, the Black Methodist Alliance held the first | 4 | | annual BMA "One in the Spirit Revival" at St. John's Church, | 5 | | the first of its kind in the nation; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The congregation of Carter Temple will celebrate | 7 | | Pastor Joseph Gordon's 20th anniversary in the ministry with a | 8 | | Pastor's Appreciation and U.N.I.T.Y. Celebration on August 13 | 9 | | and 14, 2016 at the Martinique Banquet Complex Grand Ballroom | 10 | | in Burbank; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 13 | | congratulate Pastor Joseph B. Gordon on the occasion of his | 14 | | 20th anniversary in the ministry and wish him continued success | 15 | | and happiness in the future; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to Pastor Joseph Gordon as a symbol of our esteem and | 18 | | respect.
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