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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 Kelon D. Duke on | ||||||
| 4 | the occasion of his sixth year at Calvary Baptist Church in | ||||||
| 5 | Glenwood; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Pastor Duke was raised in Miami, Florida and | ||||||
| 7 | accepted his call to ministry at the age of 17; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Pastor Duke graduated from Morehouse College in | ||||||
| 9 | Atlanta, Georgia, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in | ||||||
| 10 | Religion, with a minor in Philosophy; he received his Master of | ||||||
| 11 | Divinity degree from Howard University School of Divinity in | ||||||
| 12 | Washington, D.C.; in August of 2014, he successfully defended | ||||||
| 13 | his doctoral dissertation at the United Theological Seminary in | ||||||
| 14 | Dayton, Ohio and received his Doctor of Ministry degree; his | ||||||
| 15 | doctoral project and research interests focused on prophetic | ||||||
| 16 | preaching in a post-modern context with a contemporary | ||||||
| 17 | audience; his original research project was entitled, "Moving | ||||||
| 18 | the church from being the victim of hurt to ministering in | ||||||
| 19 | victory"; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Pastor Duke gained ministry experience at the | ||||||
| 21 | Greater Traveler's Rest Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||
| 22 | during his matriculation at Morehouse College; he also served | ||||||
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| 1 | as the Youth Pastor of the historic Shiloh Baptist Church in | ||||||
| 2 | Alexandria, Virginia before transitioning to become the | ||||||
| 3 | Assistant to the Pastor of the Mt. Ennon Baptist Church in | ||||||
| 4 | Clinton, Maryland; in January of 2010, he accepted an | ||||||
| 5 | opportunity to return to his home church, New Jerusalem | ||||||
| 6 | Primitive Baptist Church in Miami, Florida as the Assistant | ||||||
| 7 | Pastor; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Pastor Duke was installed as Calvary Baptist | ||||||
| 9 | Church's fourth and current pastor on April 22, 2012; the | ||||||
| 10 | church's membership has continued to grow, and several building | ||||||
| 11 | improvements have been made under his leadership; in January | ||||||
| 12 | 2014, he introduced Calvary's surname, "The Church of Love"; | ||||||
| 13 | and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Pastor Duke and his wife, Tina, are the parents of | ||||||
| 15 | one daughter, Noelle Duke; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 17 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 18 | congratulate Pastor Kelon D. Duke on his six years of faithful | ||||||
| 19 | service as the Senior Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in | ||||||
| 20 | Glenwood, and we wish him and the church continued success and | ||||||
| 21 | joy; and be it further
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| 22 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
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| 1 | presented to Pastor Duke as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 2 | respect.
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