Bill Text: IL HR0243 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the life and accomplishments of Bishop Larry Darnell Trotter.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-28 - Resolution Adopted [HR0243 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0243-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 recognize the life and accomplishments | ||||||
4 | of Bishop Larry Darnell Trotter; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Bishop Trotter was born and raised in Chicago, one | ||||||
6 | of four children of Dorothy E. Trotter; during his teenage
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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8 | Today Magazine, the Chairman of Clergy Speaks | ||||||
9 | Interdenominational, and a board
member of the African American | ||||||
10 | College of Bishops; and
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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
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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
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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
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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
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8 | WHEREAS, Bishop Trotter
has organized assistance for the | ||||||
9 | people of Haiti, those devastated by Hurricane Katrina, and
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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
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14 | HIV/AIDS clinics there; and
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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
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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
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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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