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IL HR1339

Resolution

Official Source

Status

Passed

11/16/2010

Primary Sponsor

Constance Howard

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Origin

House of Representatives

96th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Congratulates Reverend Doctor Clay Evans on his 85th birthday on June 23, 1925
  • Recognizes his founding of Fellowship Baptist Church in 1958 on Chicago's South Side and his role in co-founding Operation PUSH with Reverend Jesse Jackson in 1965
  • Notes his ordination as a Baptist minister in 1950 after studying at Chicago Baptist Institute, Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, and University of Chicago Divinity School
  • Acknowledges his influence as an innovative preacher with evangelical following throughout the Midwest and South, and his mentoring of eighty-one ministers
  • Recognizes his service as chairman of Operation PUSH from 1971 to 1976 and publication of his autobiography "From Plough Handle to Pulpit" in 1982

Legislative Description

CONGRATS-REV DR CLAY EVANS

Last Action

Resolution Adopted

11/16/2010

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