Bill Text: TX HR120 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 4th Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Bishop Mark D. Kirkland of Greater Saint Mark Ministries on his 50th anniversary in the ministry.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-12-05 - Reported enrolled [HR120 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR120-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 120 |
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WHEREAS, The members of Greater Saint Mark Ministries in Fort | ||
Worth joined together on September 8, 2023, to honor Bishop | ||
Dr. Mark D. Kirkland for his five decades in the ministry; and | ||
WHEREAS, A spiritual leader from a young age, Dr. Kirkland | ||
was ordained as a minister during his junior year of high school; he | ||
became the third senior pastor of Greater Saint Mark Missionary | ||
Baptist Church in February 1997, and under his able leadership, the | ||
church became a nondenominational body known as Greater Saint Mark | ||
Ministries; in 2006, he cofounded Rehoboth Fellowship | ||
International, and he currently serves that organization as chief | ||
presiding prelate; in addition, he received his Episcopal | ||
ordination and consecration as a bishop on September 29, 2007; over | ||
the years, he has participated in several missions to provide | ||
supplies and financial aid to families and communities in African | ||
countries; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Kirkland previously attended Southern Bible | ||
Institute and Saint Leo College in Georgia; in 2010, he obtained a | ||
doctoral degree in theology from Trinity International Seminary in | ||
Dallas, where he also served as president for four years; he was | ||
presented with an honorary doctor of divinity from Grace | ||
International Seminary in Dallas; and | ||
WHEREAS, Answering his nation's call to duty, Dr. Kirkland | ||
served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1983 to 2004; he has been | ||
involved in a number of boards and civic organizations, including | ||
the Genesis Way Foundation, the Young Ministers Coalition of | ||
Greater Atlanta, the Fireball Express, Umoja, and the Dunbar Young | ||
Men's Leadership Academy Site Base Management Team; moreover, he | ||
has served as a chaplain for the Texas Department of Corrections, | ||
and he has contributed to a wide range of community service | ||
projects, events, and relief efforts; and | ||
WHEREAS, Bishop Dr. Mark Kirkland has long set an inspiring | ||
example of faith in action, and the members of his congregation have | ||
greatly benefited from his wise counsel and spiritual guidance; | ||
now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby congratulate Bishop | ||
Dr. Mark D. Kirkland on his 50th anniversary in the ministry and | ||
extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Dr. Kirkland as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Collier | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 120 was adopted by the House on | ||
December 5, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||