Full Text of HR0975 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Dr. A. Edward Davis, Jr. | 4 | | on the occasion of his 39th anniversary of serving St. John | 5 | | Missionary Baptist Church; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Davis was born on May 2, 1951, the second of 6 | 7 | | children born to the late Dr. A. Edward, Sr. and Vianna Davis; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Davis grew up in Chicago in the Morgan Park | 10 | | Community; he attended John D. Shoop Elementary School and
| 11 | | Morgan Park High School; he received his Bachelor of Arts from | 12 | | Trinity College and his masters
degree in theology from the | 13 | | Trinity School of Divinity in Deerfield; in August of 2001, he | 14 | | received his
doctorate degree in ministry from the Gospel | 15 | | Outreach Theology Institute of Houston, Texas; he received his | 16 | | Doctorate of Biblical
Studies from the Midwest Theological | 17 | | Institute of Indiana in March of 2006; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, On November 10, 1969, Dr. Davis accepted his | 19 | | calling to the ministry and preached his first sermon; after | 20 | | being
licensed and ordained, he served as Youth Minister at Mt. | 21 | | Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Morgan Park; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, On November 10, 1976, Dr. Davis was called to and | 2 | | elected Pastor of St. John Missionary Baptist Church; with a
| 3 | | membership of only 15 parishioners at the time, he led the | 4 | | church in the paying off and burning of its mortgage; the | 5 | | church later embarked upon a $7.8 million building project for | 6 | | a new edifice, including an educational
facility and a | 7 | | full-time day care center; in October of 2005, the St. John
| 8 | | family moved into their new edifice; he has brought the current | 9 | | membership to over 6450; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Davis also
ministers to the community; he is | 11 | | currently appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to head a task force | 12 | | for nonviolence
initiative in the Roseland and Pullman | 13 | | Communities; he serves as Administrative First Vice | 14 | | President-Logistics of Clergy Speaks Interdenominational, | 15 | | President of the Nehemiah Restoration Coalition, and has held
| 16 | | the position of Chairman of the Zoning Department for the City | 17 | | of Chicago under Mayor Richard Daley; he has
served as | 18 | | Vice-Chairman for the Industrial Area Foundation and is | 19 | | Co-Chairman of the African American Baptist
Caucus; he is also | 20 | | actively involved with the Operation PUSH, National Baptist | 21 | | Convention USA, the
Baptist Pastor's Developing Communities | 22 | | Project, and The NEW Era District; and | 23 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Davis has received many accolades, including | 24 | | the Spiritual Perspective and the Cornucopia, Men of Valor |
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| 1 | | Award; the Gospel Supreme, Labor of Love Award; the Shoop 49ers | 2 | | Award for Leadership; and the Distinguished God First | 3 | | Leadership Award; he was honored with the AARC Clay Evans | 4 | | Pastoral Excellence Award and the Fred Hampton Scholarship | 5 | | Foundation honored him with the Fred Hampton Image Award; in | 6 | | 1996, he was elected as a Delegate to the National Democratic | 7 | | Convention; Mayor Richard Daley and the Chicago City Council | 8 | | presented him a Proclamation declaring November 14, 1999 as | 9 | | "Reverend A. Edward Davis, Jr. Day"; during the administration | 10 | | of the late Mayor Harold Washington, he was honored by the City | 11 | | Council; on May 23, 1993, he was awarded with a proclamation | 12 | | from the United States Congress, 2nd District of Illinois; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Davis has been called a unique preacher, | 14 | | par-excellence, who has an intellectually sound yet fierce | 15 | | approach to the ministry of the Word; he is the husband of E.J. | 16 | | Davis and the proud father of Amos E. Davis, III; therefore, be | 17 | | it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 20 | | congratulate Dr. A. Edward Davis, Jr. on his 39th anniversary | 21 | | of serving St. John Missionary Baptist Church and we wish him | 22 | | many more wonderful years; and be it further
| 23 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to Dr. Davis as an expression of our esteem and | 2 | | respect.
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