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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Apostle Florida M. Jackson is the pastor of |
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| Evangelistic Outreach Deliverance Ministry #1 in Chicago, #3 in |
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| Bolingbrook, and overseer of several others; for over a decade, |
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| she has served as a licensed foster parent working with special |
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| needs children, some with medical disabilities; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Jackson is the CEO of Johnnia and Katie |
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| Stevens/Mary and Bo Jackson Outreach Services in Sardis, |
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| Mississippi; Youth of Outreach Daycare Center in Sardis, |
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| Mississippi; Johnnia and Katie Stevens Home Health Care, Inc., |
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| in Chicago; Outreach Family Services and Community Center in |
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| Chicago; and Youth of Outreach in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, She accepted the call to be an evangelist in 1985 |
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| and worked faithfully in the ministry as a dedicated youth |
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| counselor/trainer, which required that she train and counsel |
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| young people who were imprisoned, homeless, hopeless, or |
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| underprivileged; the training she provided consisted of coping |
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| strategies, encouragement to pursue higher education, |
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| instilling in them the principles of Christianity, and the |
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| motivation they needed to lead a successful natural and |
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| Christian life; and
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| WHEREAS, In June of 1990, she accepted the call to be |
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| ordained as the Pastor of the Evangelistic Outreach Deliverance |
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| Ministry; in 1993, she had the vision to open a community |
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| center that served not only youth, but the entire family; and
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| WHEREAS, She received a Doctor of Divinity degree in August |
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| of 2003; she has three adopted children now over the age of 18, |
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| one adopted miracle daughter, Johnnia, and another adopted |
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| daughter that is age 17; she is the grandmother of Devin, |
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| Jennifer, Jeannette, Jamese Florida, and Darin and has been |
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| married for 31 years to Elder Rufus Jackson; therefore, be it
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