Full Text of HR0981 93rd General Assembly
HR0981 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois are pleased to honor the Reverend Steve Bland | 4 |
| Jr. of Rockford for his many years of service to the Rockford | 5 |
| community; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Bland holds a Bachelor of Science in | 7 |
| accountancy with a minor in music from Northern Illinois | 8 |
| University; he earned a Master of Divinity from Central Baptist | 9 |
| Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Kansas, with special | 10 |
| studies at Virginia Union Seminary in Richmond, Virginia; he is | 11 |
| currently working on a Doctor of Ministry through the Samuel D. | 12 |
| Proctor School of Theology in Richmond, Virginia; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Bland is the senior pastor at Pilgrim | 14 |
| Baptist Church in Rockford; Pilgrim Baptist Church is a large, | 15 |
| historic, and thriving congregation with holistic ministries | 16 |
| that meet the needs of the total person and the entire family; | 17 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Bland has been very active in | 19 |
| professional and civic organizations; he is the chairman of the | 20 |
| board of the Pilgrim Village Community Development | 21 |
| Corporation; the chairman of the Rockford Area Ministerial | 22 |
| Alliance; second vice president of the Baptist General State | 23 |
| Convention of Illinois; a member of the board of directors of | 24 |
| the National Baptist Convention, USA Inc.; vice president of | 25 |
| the African American Religious Connection; a member of the | 26 |
| board of directors of Central Baptist Theological Seminary in | 27 |
| Kansas City, Kansas; president of One Church One Child of | 28 |
| Illinois; State Division Lecturer of the Baptist General State | 29 |
| Congress of Illinois; vice president/chair of education for the | 30 |
| Rockford Ministers Fellowship; a member of the Great Rivers | 31 |
| Region of American Baptist Churches; a member of the Mayor's | 32 |
| Task Force; and a member of the Superintendent of Schools |
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| Advisory Committee; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Bland has served as a workshop clinician, | 3 |
| a guest speaker, a lecturer, a revival leader, and as a weekend | 4 |
| gospel radio talk show host; he previously served as the first | 5 |
| national president from 1996 to 2000 of the Young Pastors and | 6 |
| Ministers Department of the National Baptist Convention, USA, | 7 |
| Inc.; he was a dean for the Greater Rockford and Vicinity | 8 |
| District Association, chairman of the board of the Rockford | 9 |
| Ministers Fellowship School of Religion, an executive board | 10 |
| member of the Greater Rockford Clergy Association, a member of | 11 |
| the board of managers for the Great Rivers Region of the | 12 |
| American Baptist Churches, a board member for the Rockford | 13 |
| Local Development Corporation, and an advisory board member for | 14 |
| Amcore Bank of Rockford; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Bland is married to the former Phyllis | 16 |
| Jennette Brooks, an educator, and is the father of three | 17 |
| children, Steve M. III, Brandon C., and Sydnie R. Bland; | 18 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 |
| honor the Reverend Steve Bland Jr. for his many years of | 22 |
| service to the Rockford community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 24 |
| presented to Reverend Steve Bland Jr. as an expression of our | 25 |
| respect and esteem.
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