Full Text of HR1273 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Pastor Watson Jones III on | 4 | | his election as the Senior Pastor of Compassion Baptist Church | 5 | | in Chicago; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Jones has a Bachelor of Arts in Business | 7 | | from Trinity International University, a Master of Divinity | 8 | | from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and is currently | 9 | | pursuing a Ph.D. in African American Preaching and Sacred | 10 | | Rhetoric from Christian Theological Seminary; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Before his election at Compassion Baptist Church, | 12 | | Pastor Jones served as a Staff Pastor, Children's Pastor, and | 13 | | eventually Youth Pastor at his home church, Salem Baptist | 14 | | Church of Chicago, where he also led a group of 1,000 members | 15 | | in various church-wide activities; he then served in a dual, | 16 | | two-year church-planting residency under the leadership of Dr. | 17 | | Eric Mason of Epiphany Fellowship in North Philadelphia and | 18 | | Fellowship Associates in Little Rock Arkansas; he was the Lead | 19 | | and Founding Pastor of Restoration Church, which he started in | 20 | | the Germantown section of Philadelphia; he also served as the | 21 | | Director of Multicultural Development at Trinity International | 22 | | University; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Jones delivered his first official sermon | 2 | | in the pulpit at Compassion Baptist Church on February 4, 2018; | 3 | | and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Jones and his wife, Kelli, have three | 5 | | children, Yeshaya, Watson IV, and Ellison; they reside on | 6 | | Chicago's South Side; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 8 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 9 | | congratulate Pastor Watson Jones III on his election as the | 10 | | Senior Pastor of Compassion Baptist Church, and we wish him | 11 | | continued success; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to Pastor Jones as an expression of our esteem and | 14 | | respect.
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