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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Pastor Watson Jones III on
4his election as the Senior Pastor of Compassion Baptist Church
5in Chicago; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Pastor Jones has a Bachelor of Arts in Business
7from Trinity International University, a Master of Divinity
8from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and is currently
9pursuing a Ph.D. in African American Preaching and Sacred
10Rhetoric from Christian Theological Seminary; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Before his election at Compassion Baptist Church,
12Pastor Jones served as a Staff Pastor, Children's Pastor, and
13eventually Youth Pastor at his home church, Salem Baptist
14Church of Chicago, where he also led a group of 1,000 members
15in various church-wide activities; he then served in a dual,
16two-year church-planting residency under the leadership of Dr.
17Eric Mason of Epiphany Fellowship in North Philadelphia and
18Fellowship Associates in Little Rock Arkansas; he was the Lead
19and Founding Pastor of Restoration Church, which he started in
20the Germantown section of Philadelphia; he also served as the
21Director of Multicultural Development at Trinity International
22University; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Pastor Jones delivered his first official sermon
2in the pulpit at Compassion Baptist Church on February 4, 2018;
3and
 
4    WHEREAS, Pastor Jones and his wife, Kelli, have three
5children, Yeshaya, Watson IV, and Ellison; they reside on
6Chicago's South Side; therefore, be it
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
8HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
9congratulate Pastor Watson Jones III on his election as the
10Senior Pastor of Compassion Baptist Church, and we wish him
11continued success; and be it further
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13presented to Pastor Jones as an expression of our esteem and
14respect.