Full Text of HR1364 96th General Assembly
HR1364 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, State Representative Monique D. Davis and the | 3 | | members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to | 4 | | congratulate the Reverend Doctor Clay Evans of Chicago on the | 5 | | occasion of his 85th birthday; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Clay Evans was born on June 23, 1925, in | 7 | | Brownsville, Tennessee; he later moved to Chicago, where he | 8 | | started the Fellowship Baptist Church and helped launch | 9 | | Operation PUSH; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, After graduating from George Washington Carver | 11 | | High School in Brownsville, he moved to Chicago to attend | 12 | | seminary school; he studied at the Chicago Baptist Institute, | 13 | | the Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the University | 14 | | of Chicago Divinity School; he was ordained a Baptist minister | 15 | | in 1950, and in 1958 founded the Fellowship Baptist Church, | 16 | | affectionately called "The Ship" by its parishioners, on the | 17 | | South Side of Chicago; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, In the pulpit, Reverend Evans developed a | 19 | | reputation as an innovative and passionate preacher; he also | 20 | | gained an extensive evangelical following throughout the | 21 | | Midwest and the South, where his weekly sermons are aired on | 22 | | radio and television; he has also influenced scores of new |
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| 1 | | evangelists, as some eighty-one ministers have studied under | 2 | | him; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Reverend Evans was appointed to the International | 4 | | Committee of Reference in 1988, working to create a global | 5 | | ministry; in 1965, he teamed up with the Reverend Jesse Jackson | 6 | | to start Operation PUSH, one of the country's leading civil | 7 | | rights organizations; between 1971 and 1976, he served as | 8 | | chairman of Operation PUSH and set direction for the group; he | 9 | | published an autobiography, From Plough Handle to Pulpit , in | 10 | | 1982, chronicling his journey from the fields of his childhood | 11 | | home in Tennessee to the forefront of the civil rights | 12 | | movement; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Reverend Doctor Clay Evans is married to Lutha Mae | 14 | | Hollingshed and they have five children; a celebration will be | 15 | | held on July 12, 2010 to commemorate his life and legacy; | 16 | | therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 | | congratulate Reverend Doctor Clay Evans on his 85th birthday | 20 | | and wish him continued good health and success for years to | 21 | | come; and be it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to Reverend Doctor Clay Evans as a symbol of our | 2 | | respect and esteem.
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