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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Pastor Walstone Elisha Francis will celebrate his
3 14th anniversary as pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church of Waukegan
4 this year; and
 
5     WHEREAS, A native of Naussau, Bahamas, Pastor Francis was
6 called to pastor Shiloh Baptist Church of Waukegan on January
7 8, 1992; he assumed the pastorate on Sunday, March 1, 1992, and
8 on Sunday, May 3, 1992, he was officially installed as pastor
9 by Dr. Earle Francis and Pastor Wellington Johnson; he became a
10 United States citizen in 1994; and
 
11     WHEREAS, He is currently an instructor for Sister Theresa
12 B. Stackhouse Leadership School, Baptist General State
13 Congress of Christian Education, and the Congress of Christian
14 Education of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.; he is
15 also a volunteer chaplain; Fourth Vice-president and Chairman
16 of Foreign Missions for the Baptist General Convention of
17 Illinois; an adult writer for the Sunday School Publishing
18 Board of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.; and
19 organizer and moderator of the Lake Shore Baptist District in
20 Waukegan and the vicinity; and
 
21     WHEREAS, During his pastorate at Shiloh, he has crowned
22 seven deacons, six in Shiloh; licensed ten ministers, seven in
23 Shiloh; and has ordained six preachers to the gospel ministry,
24 three in Shiloh; and
 
25     WHEREAS, Pastor Francis is renowned and highly regarded in
26 the Christian ministry as a pastor, preacher, and teacher of
27 the gospel; and
 
28     WHEREAS, He is married to Mrs. Angelica Rene Otey Williams;
29 they are the parents of one son, one daughter, and four adopted
30 children, and the proud grandparents of five; 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 congratulate Pastor Francis on the occasion of his 14th
4 anniversary as pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church of Waukegan; and
5 be it further
 
6     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to Pastor Francis as an expression of our esteem.