Bill Text: IL HR1211 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Pastor David Bigsby on 24 years as pastor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-11-13 - Resolution Adopted [HR1211 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR1211-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 David Bigsby on 24 years | ||||||
4 | as pastor; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Pastor Bigsby was born in Marietta, Georgia
on | ||||||
6 | August 31 1945 and was a
member of the Hensley Temple; he | ||||||
7 | attended Morehouse
College from 1963 to 1967 and joined the | ||||||
8 | U.S. Army in 1967; he achieved the rank
of staff sergeant and | ||||||
9 | was honorably discharged in 1969
after receiving a Bronze Star; | ||||||
10 | he married Gloria Knight in
November of 1969, and they had two | ||||||
11 | children, Ingrid Nicole and David Maurice, and now have four | ||||||
12 | grandchildren, Cole, Nicole, Alex, and Noelle; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Pastor Bigsby attended Northwest Missouri State
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14 | University, where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts in
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15 | Psychology in August 1975; he received his CLU from
American | ||||||
16 | College in 1979; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Pastor Bigsby joined the
Calvary Baptist Church in | ||||||
18 | Glenwood in 1981; he preached his first sermon on
Thanksgiving | ||||||
19 | morning in 1985; he worked with the Pastor
Support Ministry, | ||||||
20 | taught the new members class, and
played a major role in the | ||||||
21 | church's worship service; he was installed as pastor in 1994; | ||||||
22 | and
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1 | WHEREAS, Pastor Bigsby served as president of the South | ||||||
2 | Suburban
Action Conference until 2009; he was elected
vice | ||||||
3 | president of the African American Leadership
Commission; in
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4 | July of 2009, he was elected president of
the Gamaliel National | ||||||
5 | Clergy Caucus and
installed at ILA in St. Louis; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Pastor Bigsby was unanimously elected
president | ||||||
7 | and chairman of the Council of Presidents of
the Gamaliel | ||||||
8 | Network; in December of 2012, he was elected to the Gamaliel | ||||||
9 | Board of Directors
and served on the South Suburban Action
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10 | Conference's Executive Board; therefore, be it
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11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
12 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
13 | congratulate David Bigsby on 24 years as pastor, and we wish | ||||||
14 | him many more wonderful years; and be it further
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15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
16 | presented to Pastor Bigsby as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
17 | esteem.
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