Full Text of HR0243 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize the life and accomplishments | 4 | | of Bishop Larry Darnell Trotter; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Trotter was born and raised in Chicago, one | 6 | | of four children of Dorothy E. Trotter; during his teenage
| 7 | | years, he was a sought after musician and minister of music; he | 8 | | organized
gospel choirs and served as a youth pastor in Chicago | 9 | | area churches; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In 1976, Bishop Trotter
was licensed and ordained | 11 | | both by Baptist and Church of God in Christ leadership; in | 12 | | 1981, he began to pastor the Sweet Holy Spirit Church; for
35 | 13 | | years, he has served as senior pastor of Chicago's
historic | 14 | | Sweet Holy Spirit Church; under his leadership, the ministry | 15 | | has grown
from 22 members in 1981 to well over 7,000 in 2016; | 16 | | and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Trotter
serves as the Chairman of Coalition | 18 | | of Bishop and Apostles for
Global United Fellowship; he served | 19 | | as one of the founding fathers of the Full Gospel Baptist
| 20 | | Church Fellowship, four years as presiding Prelate of United | 21 | | Covenant Churches of
Christ, and currently serves as an | 22 | | overseer and spiritual advisor for several
reformations, |
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| 1 | | fellowships, and apostolic networks; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Trotter
records gospel albums with his | 3 | | choir
and has performed with them across the United States and | 4 | | on six continents; he has held seats on the Mayor's Advisory | 5 | | Council and the Judicial
Board of the First Municipality Court | 6 | | of Illinois; he received an invitation to
attend the Oxford | 7 | | Roundtable in England; he is the religious editor for Gospel
| 8 | | Today Magazine, the Chairman of Clergy Speaks | 9 | | Interdenominational, and a board
member of the African American | 10 | | College of Bishops; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Trotter
has studied at The Moody Bible | 12 | | Institute, The Luther School of Theology, and The
Southern | 13 | | Seminar; he is the recipient of several honorary degrees, | 14 | | including three
honorary doctorates; he has received numerous | 15 | | community, political,
social, and theological awards and | 16 | | accolades; he is a certified chef and trained at The Chicago | 17 | | School of Culinary Arts; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Trotter was instrumental in the election of | 19 | | the first
African American Mayor of Chicago, Mayor Harold | 20 | | Washington, and the
first African American President of the | 21 | | United States of America, President Barack
Obama; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Trotter
has authored and published six |
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| 1 | | books; he has recorded nine award-winning gospel projects on | 2 | | both
Scott Records and his own label, Utopia Music Group; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Trotter
has ministered in nearly all of the | 4 | | United States and over 18 countries
worldwide; he has preached | 5 | | to over 30,000 people in the New Orleans Superdome
and to over | 6 | | two million people in Nigeria; he has led mission trips to | 7 | | Ethiopia,
Finland, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Greece, and India; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Trotter
has organized assistance for the | 9 | | people of Haiti, those devastated by Hurricane Katrina, and
| 10 | | people in his community in need of food and clothing; he | 11 | | organized the C.A.R.E.
Center for outreach ministries to serve | 12 | | Chicagoans and has also coordinated medical
missions trips to | 13 | | assist with the AIDS epidemic in Africa, establishing three
| 14 | | HIV/AIDS clinics there; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Trotter is a father of five, Laurice | 16 | | Trotter,
Javon Trotter, Brandi Trotter, Larry Trotter II, and | 17 | | Lakheem Trotter; and a grandfather
of two, Jolie and Joi; | 18 | | therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 20 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 | | recognize the life and accomplishments of Bishop Larry Darnell | 22 | | Trotter, and thank him for his commitment to making the world a |
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| 1 | | better place; and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to Bishop Trotter as an expression of our esteem and | 4 | | respect.
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