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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are pleased to recognize Andrew D. Singleton, |
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| Jr., Senior Pastor and Chief Executive Officer of Victory |
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| Apostolic Church in Matteson, for his many years of work in the |
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| faith community; and
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| WHEREAS, Pastor Singleton received his bachelor's degree |
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| in accounting from the University of Illinois at Chicago; he |
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| attended Moody Bible Institute for five years, taking college |
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| level courses, and received his Masters of Divinity degree from |
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| McCormick Theological Seminary in 2002; and
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| WHEREAS, Pastor Singleton was saved in 1978 at the |
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| Apostolic Church of God (ACOG) in Chicago, where Bishop Arthur |
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| M. Brazier is Pastor Emeritus; he became an Ordained Elder in |
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| the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World (P.A.W.) in 1989; at |
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| ACOG, he served in many capacities, including time as the |
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| Director of both the Ministerial Alliance and the Prison |
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| Ministry, and was elevated to the office of Assistant Pastor in |
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| 1995; he was elevated to District Elder in the P.A.W. in 2003; |
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| in 2008, he resigned from the P.A.W. and formed the Victory |
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| Association to help transform churches by training leaders; and
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| WHEREAS, Pastor Singleton currently serves as Senior |
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| Pastor and Chief Executive Officer of Victory Apostolic Church; |
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| he led the church's first service, which was held at the former |
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| Ramada Inn in Harvey in 1996; the church later moved to a newly |
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| renovated facility in Chicago Heights, which seated over 250 |
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| worshippers and was purchased at a cost of $500,000; in 2000, |
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| Victory sponsored its first community outreach event, "A Taste |
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| of Victory", which was designed to link church, community, and |
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| business; over 3,000 people attend this event each year at |
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| Prairie State College in Chicago Heights; since its inception |
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| in 1996, the church has grown from 12 members to over 2,100 |
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| members with over 70 ministries; in February of 2009, Victory |
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| moved from its original site in Chicago Heights into their new |
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| 2,500 seat church in Matteson; and
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| WHEREAS, Pastor Singleton also serves as a Certified Public |
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| Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Financial Planner (CFP); he |
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| has worked as Chief Finance Officer and Vice President of |
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| Finance for several Chicago-based non-profit organizations, |
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| including the Englewood Community Health Organization, the |
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| Community Mental Health Council, and the Westside Health |
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| Partnership; and
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| WHEREAS, Pastor Singleton has been married for 34 years to |
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| his wife, Brenda; they are the proud parents of three children, |
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| Takara, Karena, and Andrew, III, and the grandparents of |
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| Brianna Cheyenne; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| recognize Andrew D. Singleton, Jr. for his many years of work |
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| in the faith community and in helping to strengthen the social, |
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| economic, and cultural standing of the southern suburbs as a |
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| whole; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to Pastor Andrew D. Singleton, Jr. as a symbol of our |
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| esteem and respect.
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