Full Text of SR0234 96th General Assembly
SR0234 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Jurisdictional Bishop W.L. Porter of | 4 |
| Memphis, Tennessee, who passed away on April 11, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Bishop Porter is the founder of the Greater | 6 |
| Community Temple Church of God in Christ (COGIC) in Memphis, | 7 |
| which he began 37 years ago; in 1981, he organized the Central | 8 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of Tennessee Jurisdiction Church | 9 |
| Of God In Christ; and
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| WHEREAS, Central has grown to be the largest COGIC | 11 |
| Jurisdiction in the state of Tennessee; the geographic reach of | 12 |
| churches in this fellowship spans from Memphis to Chattanooga | 13 |
| with Jurisdictional Headquarters located in Jackson, | 14 |
| Tennessee; and
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| WHEREAS, Bishop W. L. Porter had been a tremendous force | 16 |
| throughout COGIC and had served in several capacities; he | 17 |
| worked very closely with Bishop C. H. Mason, Founder of the | 18 |
| Church Of God In Christ, and other national leaders; he brought | 19 |
| meaningful structure to the organization and significant | 20 |
| innovation to COGIC operations over the past fifty years; and | 21 |
| he coordinated COGIC's largest convention, The Holy | 22 |
| Convocation for over 30 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Bishop Porter was responsible for transitioning | 2 |
| The Holy Convention from Mason Temple to the Mid-South | 3 |
| Coliseum, then to The Cook Convention Center and The Pyramid in | 4 |
| Memphis; he also served as Director of COGIC Housing for over | 5 |
| 30 years; and he created and organized COGIC Courtesy Cars; and
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| WHEREAS, Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake and The General | 7 |
| Board announced that Superintendent Brandon B. Porter will | 8 |
| succeed his father as Jurisdictional Bishop of Central | 9 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of Tennessee at an installation | 10 |
| service to be held during the Holy Convocation of the Church Of | 11 |
| God In Christ in November of 2009; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 13 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 14 |
| his family, friends, and church family, the passing of Bishop | 15 |
| W. L. Porter; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to the family of Bishop W.L. Porter as a symbol of | 18 |
| our sincere sympathy.
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