Full Text of HR0310 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the Rain or Shine | 4 | | Missionary Baptist Church on the occasion of the 50th | 5 | | anniversary of its founding; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Rain or Shine Missionary Baptist Church was | 7 | | founded as a mission in June of 1973 by Rev. Richard J. Jones; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The mission continued to grow and was organized | 10 | | into a church in August of 1973; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Jones engaged in evangelism, prison | 12 | | ministries, and outreach ministries; the choir and other | 13 | | auxiliaries were established; initially, the Rain or Shine | 14 | | Missionary Baptist Church was affiliated with the Northwood | 15 | | River District Association; later, it was aligned with the | 16 | | Chicago Metropolitan Baptist Association and the Southern | 17 | | Baptist Convention; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, In March of 1990, a call was extended to Rev. | 19 | | Sidney Logwood; installation services were held the 1st Sunday | 20 | | of May 1990 for Pastor and Lady Sidney (Hope) Logwood; he | 21 | | brought a renewed focus on Bible studies, improvements to the |
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| 1 | | physical plant, and involvement with others in the faith | 2 | | community; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, The church then called on the late Rev. Jerry M. | 4 | | Hardy, who pastored for two years from 2004 to 2006 until he | 5 | | left to organize another ministry, Complete Truth Ministries | 6 | | International; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, The Rev. James F. Echols, the former pastor of | 8 | | New Bethel M.B.C., served during the pastoral transition; he | 9 | | served as the interim pastor until he was installed on October | 10 | | 28, 2007; under his leadership, along with his wife, Lady | 11 | | Shirley Echols, great strides were made in worship, training, | 12 | | and evangelism; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In November of 2017, Dr. Barry L. Tidwell I was | 14 | | appointed as the church's current pastor, the fifth pastor to | 15 | | lead the church in its history; immediately, he re-instituted | 16 | | and taught a comprehensive Bible study program, revitalized | 17 | | the Church School, and developed the uses of modern | 18 | | technology, initiating the computerized financial, | 19 | | discipleship system and streams of social media to support the | 20 | | church membership and mission; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, The importance of the family and family | 22 | | structure, community and political evolvement, solidarity, |
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| 1 | | empowerment, and evangelism are key components of the success | 2 | | of the Rain or Shine Missionary Baptist Church community; | 3 | | therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 5 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 | | we congratulate the Rain or Shine Missionary Baptist Church on | 7 | | its 50th anniversary, and we wish it many more wonderful | 8 | | years; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the Rain or Shine Missionary Baptist Church as a | 11 | | symbol of our respect and esteem.
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