Full Text of HR0227 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Bishop Mark A. Moore Sr. | 4 | | on the occasion of his installation as pastor of Indiana | 5 | | Avenue Pentecostal Church of God in Chicago; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Indiana Avenue Pentecostal Church of God, one of | 7 | | Chicago's most historic Pentecostal Churches, was established | 8 | | in 1934; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, A fourth-generation preacher, Bishop Moore was | 10 | | elected to be the fourth pastor in succession of Indiana | 11 | | Avenue Pentecostal Church of God on September 1, 2022; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Moore earned his Bachelor of Arts in | 13 | | Comparative Study of World Religions from Harvard College in | 14 | | Cambridge, Massachusetts; he was ordained in the Pentecostal | 15 | | Assemblies of the World in 1985; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Moore served as a national evangelist from | 17 | | 1989 to 1991, during which he traveled extensively throughout | 18 | | the United States, ministering in churches of various sizes; | 19 | | and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Moore previously served as the pastor of |
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| 1 | | Zion Temple Church in Havre De Grace, Maryland from 1992 to | 2 | | 2001; during his tenure, the congregation experienced a 300% | 3 | | increase in attendance and substantial spiritual and financial | 4 | | growth; he was the founding pastor of Faith Covenant Church of | 5 | | Jesus Christ in Decatur, Georgia in 1996, serving until 2022; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Moore was consecrated to the office of | 8 | | bishop at the World Assemblies of Restoration in Baltimore, | 9 | | Maryland in 2010; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Moore will lead Indiana Avenue Pentecostal | 11 | | Church of God beside his wife, Dr. Shirley Ann Moore; they are | 12 | | the parents of three young adults, Pastor Mark Moore Jr., | 13 | | George David Moore, and Sharon Alise Moore; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Moore will be installed at an official | 15 | | pastoral installation service at the Indiana Avenue | 16 | | Pentecostal Church of God in Chicago on April 29, 2023; | 17 | | therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 19 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we congratulate Bishop Mark A. Moore Sr. on his installation | 21 | | as pastor of Indiana Avenue Pentecostal Church of God, and we | 22 | | wish him the best in his new position; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Bishop Moore as an expression of our esteem and | 3 | | respect.
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