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1
HOUSE RESOLUTION

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

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3 we recognize Apostle Florida M. Jackson, D.D., for her many
4 years of selfless devotion to serving the needs of others; and
5 be it further
 
6     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to Dr. Jackson as an expression of our esteem.