Bill Text: IL HR0129 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the Morning Star Freewill Baptist Church in Urbana on its 104th anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-02-18 - Resolution Adopted [HR0129 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0129-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the Morning Star Freewill | ||||||
| 4 | Baptist Church in Urbana on the occasion of the 104th | ||||||
| 5 | anniversary of its founding; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Morning Star Freewill Baptist Church was | ||||||
| 7 | organized on February 22, 1911 by the Executive Board of the | ||||||
| 8 | Terre Haute Quarterly Conference of the Freewill Baptist | ||||||
| 9 | General Conference; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, The Morning Star Freewill Baptist Church traces | ||||||
| 11 | back to the Freewill doctrine, a movement that began in the | ||||||
| 12 | 1600s that believes a person can determine his or her fate and | ||||||
| 13 | be saved, no matter how "sinful" their past, if they are "born | ||||||
| 14 | again" and live according to the Bible; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, The Morning Star Freewill Baptist Church was | ||||||
| 16 | organized in a small building on North Hickory Street in | ||||||
| 17 | Champaign under the leadership of its first elected minister, | ||||||
| 18 | Rev. L.W. Wilber; shortly thereafter, the church moved to a | ||||||
| 19 | location on West Church Street in Urbana and, later, to its | ||||||
| 20 | present site at the corner of Eads and Romine; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, The groundbreaking for the Morning Star Freewill | ||||||
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| 1 | Baptist Church's present location was held on May 5, 1968, and | ||||||
| 2 | it opened in January of 1969; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, The Morning Star Freewill Baptist Church is | ||||||
| 4 | currently led by Vice Bishop Jimmie O. Holmes, Sr.; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The Morning Star Freewill Baptist Church is proud | ||||||
| 6 | to be the oldest African-American church in Urbana; therefore, | ||||||
| 7 | be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 9 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 10 | congratulate the Morning Star Freewill Baptist Church on its | ||||||
| 11 | 104th anniversary and wish them many more years of success; and | ||||||
| 12 | be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to the Morning Star Freewill Baptist Church as an | ||||||
| 15 | expression of our esteem and respect.
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