Bill Text: IL HR0372 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Reverend Dr. Leroy R. Henry II on his retirement as pastor of the Mary Magdalene Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-05-12 - Resolution Adopted [HR0372 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0372-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Reverend Dr. Leroy | ||||||
| 4 | R. Henry II on his retirement as pastor of the Mary Magdalene | ||||||
| 5 | Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Dr. L R. Henry has devoted fifty years toward the | ||||||
| 7 | spiritual growth and nurturing of God's Kingdom; in 1956 he was | ||||||
| 8 | called into the preaching ministry and was ordained on July 9, | ||||||
| 9 | 1961, at St. Matthew Baptist Church by the late Pastor Reverend | ||||||
| 10 | J. P. Gordon; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, In 1962 Dr. Henry organized and began his | ||||||
| 12 | Pastorate at the Mary Magdalene Missionary Baptist Church in | ||||||
| 13 | Chicago; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Dr. Henry's educational background began at The | ||||||
| 15 | Chicago Baptist Institute, where he earned an Associate degree | ||||||
| 16 | in Religion in 1979; he continued to study at the Chicago | ||||||
| 17 | Baptist Institute, earning a Bachelor of Theology degree in | ||||||
| 18 | 1980; in 1989 be received three prestigious Seven-Year Training | ||||||
| 19 | diplomas from the Department of Christian Education of the | ||||||
| 20 | Baptist Sunday School and Training Union Congress of the | ||||||
| 21 | National Baptist Publishing Board; and he earned a Doctorate of | ||||||
| 22 | Divinity degree from the Gospel Outreach Theological Institute | ||||||
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| 1 | of Houston, Texas, in 1996; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, He has been a distinguished professor at the | ||||||
| 3 | Chicago Baptist Institute for more than twenty years; first | ||||||
| 4 | Vice-President of the Illinois Missionary Baptist Convention; | ||||||
| 5 | Treasurer of the Illinois Missionary Baptist State Convention | ||||||
| 6 | for seven years; First Vice-Moderator of the Northwood River | ||||||
| 7 | Baptist District Association; a member of the Lifelink Housing | ||||||
| 8 | Corporation's Board of
Directors for more than eight years; and | ||||||
| 9 | an outstanding President of the Baptist Ministerial Alliance of | ||||||
| 10 | Chicago and Vicinity for six years; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Dr. Henry is especially proud of his lovely wife | ||||||
| 12 | for fifty-four years, Dora, who has assisted him in nurturing | ||||||
| 13 | their six children in God's way; all six of their children have | ||||||
| 14 | earned college degrees; and they have nineteen grandchildren | ||||||
| 15 | and five great-grand children; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 17 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 18 | congratulate Reverend Dr. Henry on his retirement and wish him | ||||||
| 19 | the best in all his future endeavors; and be it further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to Reverend Dr. Henry as a symbol of our respect.
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