Full Text of HR0598 93rd General Assembly
HR0598 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives | 3 |
| recognize Bishop William Haven Bonner, founder and Pastor of | 4 |
| the Greater Mount Olive Church of God in Christ, for his many | 5 |
| years of dedicated service; and
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| WHEREAS, Bishop Bonner is a Theological Graduate of Moody | 7 |
| Bible Institute and received an Honorary Doctor of Divinity | 8 |
| degree from Trinity Hall College; and
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| WHEREAS, Before founding the Greater Mount Olive Church of | 10 |
| God in Christ in Aurora, he was Junior Pastor of the Hill | 11 |
| Street C.O.G.I.C. in Waukegan and went on to serve in the | 12 |
| Pastorate under Bishop Cain Scott, Bishop William Roberts, and | 13 |
| Bishop Louis Henry Ford; and
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| WHEREAS, Bishop Bonner's national church service includes | 15 |
| service as former Co-chairman of Finance of the Church of God | 16 |
| in Christ, Inc., Chairman of the Budgetary Committee of the | 17 |
| Board of Bishops for the Church of God in Christ and Senior | 18 |
| Bishop of Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Iowa Jurisdiction; | 19 |
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| WHEREAS, Bishop Bonner's other service and memberships | 21 |
| include: Chairman of the Board of Mary's Mission, Inc., | 22 |
| Chairman of the Board of the Bonner Foundation for Community | 23 |
| Enhancement, weekly television and radio ministry throughout | 24 |
| the Chicagoland area, and regularly providing food, clothing, | 25 |
| and shelter for the needy; Greater Mount Olive is a State | 26 |
| authorized facility for food disbursement; the Helping Hand | 27 |
| Fund lends financial assistance to struggling churches; and | 28 |
| Bishop Bonner promotes foster care and supports children and | 29 |
| families in crisis and has championed the Greater Mount Olive | 30 |
| Prison Ministry; and
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| WHEREAS, Bishop Bonner has received many awards for his | 2 |
| dedication, including being awarded the honor of having Pond | 3 |
| Avenue changed to Bonner Avenue in 1980; other awards include | 4 |
| the Religious Workers Guild Award; the Lewis University | 5 |
| Outstanding Citizen Award; the Henton Academy Outreach | 6 |
| Excellence Award; the Arthur Lockhart Resource Institute | 7 |
| Humanitarian Award; the J.O. Patterson, Jr. Mayor's Staff Aide | 8 |
| de Camp; and Marie Wilkinson's Black Leadership Award; and
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| WHEREAS, Bishop Bonner is married to Mother Dorothy Mae | 10 |
| Bonner and is the father of four children, Enyess Allen (Bishop | 11 |
| Edgar Allen, Jr.), Willie Etta Wright (Elder Augustus Wright), | 12 |
| Dorothy Jones (Elder Gregory Jones), and Charles Bonner, | 13 |
| deceased (Lillian Bonner); therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 16 |
| recognize Bishop Bonner's outstanding leadership and | 17 |
| dedication to his church and community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to Bishop William Haven Bonner as an expression of | 20 |
| our respect and esteem.
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