Bill Text: TX HR39 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Pastor Victor Alvarez on his retirement from Iglesia Bautista Fundamental in Brownsville.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-18 - Reported enrolled [HR39 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR39-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 39 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Victor Alvarez is retiring as pastor of Iglesia | ||
| Bautista Fundamental in Brownsville on October 10, 2021, drawing to | ||
| a close more than four decades of service to the congregation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Pastor Alvarez moved to Brownsville with his family | ||
| when he was 10 days old, and he found his faith at the age of 22 in | ||
| Corpus Christi; he received his education at Salt Lake Bible | ||
| College, where he earned three degrees, including a doctorate in | ||
| theology; he began his career in Corpus Christi, where he was | ||
| assistant pastor at Iglesia Bautista El Cordero de Dios for five | ||
| years; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 1980, Pastor Alvarez returned to Brownsville and | ||
| established Iglesia Bautista Fundamental in the Cameron Park | ||
| colonia; the congregation began meeting under a tree, and over | ||
| time, it moved into a 26,000-square-foot facility on two acres of | ||
| land; Pastor Alvarez also started the Christian Fundamental Academy | ||
| to educate children from kindergarten through the 12th grade, and | ||
| he raised money for scholarships, empowering many students to go on | ||
| to college and to productive professional careers; in addition, he | ||
| created a bus ministry, bringing more than 200 youth to Sunday | ||
| school every week; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Pastor Alvarez has further contributed to the | ||
| community through his work with the area's planning and zoning | ||
| committee, the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee, the | ||
| Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority, United for the Progress | ||
| of Cameron Park, and as a board member of the Colonia Self-Help | ||
| Program, as well as through his participation in voter registration | ||
| drives; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Victor Alvarez has distinguished himself as an | ||
| esteemed spiritual leader, a champion for Cameron Park, and a | ||
| powerful force for change in the community, and he may indeed take | ||
| pride in his outstanding record of service as he embarks on the next | ||
| exciting chapter of his life; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate Pastor Victor | ||
| Alvarez on his retirement from Iglesia Bautista Fundamental and | ||
| extend to him sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be | ||
| it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Pastor Alvarez as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Dominguez | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 39 was adopted by the House on October | ||
| 14, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
