Bill Text: IL HR1273 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Pastor Watson Jones III on his election as Senior Pastor of Compassion Baptist Church in Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-11-13 - Resolution Adopted [HR1273 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR1273-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 Pastor Watson Jones III on | ||||||
4 | his election as the Senior Pastor of Compassion Baptist Church | ||||||
5 | in Chicago; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Pastor Jones has a Bachelor of Arts in Business | ||||||
7 | from Trinity International University, a Master of Divinity | ||||||
8 | from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and is currently | ||||||
9 | pursuing a Ph.D. in African American Preaching and Sacred | ||||||
10 | Rhetoric from Christian Theological Seminary; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Before his election at Compassion Baptist Church, | ||||||
12 | Pastor Jones served as a Staff Pastor, Children's Pastor, and | ||||||
13 | eventually Youth Pastor at his home church, Salem Baptist | ||||||
14 | Church of Chicago, where he also led a group of 1,000 members | ||||||
15 | in various church-wide activities; he then served in a dual, | ||||||
16 | two-year church-planting residency under the leadership of Dr. | ||||||
17 | Eric Mason of Epiphany Fellowship in North Philadelphia and | ||||||
18 | Fellowship Associates in Little Rock Arkansas; he was the Lead | ||||||
19 | and Founding Pastor of Restoration Church, which he started in | ||||||
20 | the Germantown section of Philadelphia; he also served as the | ||||||
21 | Director of Multicultural Development at Trinity International | ||||||
22 | University; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Pastor Jones delivered his first official sermon | ||||||
2 | in the pulpit at Compassion Baptist Church on February 4, 2018; | ||||||
3 | and
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4 | WHEREAS, Pastor Jones and his wife, Kelli, have three | ||||||
5 | children, Yeshaya, Watson IV, and Ellison; they reside on | ||||||
6 | Chicago's South Side; therefore, be it
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7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
8 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
9 | congratulate Pastor Watson Jones III on his election as the | ||||||
10 | Senior Pastor of Compassion Baptist Church, and we wish him | ||||||
11 | continued success; and be it further
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12 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
13 | presented to Pastor Jones as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
14 | respect.
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