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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate the New Life in
4Christ Interdenominational Church on the occasion of the 10th
5anniversary of its founding; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The beginnings of the church took place in August
72000 when Bishop Geoffrey V. Dudley, Sr. was assigned to Scott
8Air Force Base near Belleville; although originally planning on
9returning home to the State of Virginia when his assignment was
10finished, by January 2001 he found himself planning a ministry
11to serve the O'Fallon area; and
 
12    WHEREAS, In September 2001, plans began to take shape for
13the church and it started to acquire the necessary finances to
14support it; in January 2002, the founding Core Group had
15established a Business Planning Committee; in August 2002,
16office space in O'Fallon was leased, and in November of that
17year, land was purchased to serve as the church's future home;
18and
 
19    WHEREAS, On April 20, 2003, the New Life in Christ
20Interdenominational Church held its first service at the Four
21Points Sheraton Hotel in Fairview Heights with an initial
22congregation of 812 people; by January 2004, there was a

 

 

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1congregation of over 1,000, and a ground-breaking ceremony was
2held on April 9, 2004 to begin construction on a new church
3building; and
 
4    WHEREAS, The first service of the New Life in Christ
5Interdenominational Church at its new home on Scott-Troy Road
6was held on June 25, 2005; the current building is a 30,000
7square feet facility, with a 450-seat sanctuary, a gym,
8Christian education classrooms, administrative offices, and a
9child care center; the church currently has a congregation of
10over 2,500, and continues to expand, with The Charles and Deane
11Rayford Family Development Center (youth building) opening in
12October 2010; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Senior Pastor Dudley was consecrated as a Bishop
14in October 2009; therefore, be it
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
16NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
17we congratulate the New Life in Christ Interdenominational
18Church on its 10th anniversary and wish them many more
19successful years; and be it further
 
20    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21presented to the New Life in Christ Interdenominational Church
22as an expression of our esteem and respect.