Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:3951 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:First Baptist Church of Pickens Date Bill Passed both Bodies:Apr 25, 1991 Computer Document Number:436/11645.DW Introduced Date:Apr 25, 1991 Last History Body:House Last History Date:Apr 25, 1991 Last History Type:Received from Senate Scope of Legislation:Statewide Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN ---- ------ ------------ ------------------------------ --- 3951 House Apr 25, 1991 Received from Senate 3951 Senate Apr 25, 1991 Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence 3951 House Apr 25, 1991 Introduced, adopted, sent to SenateView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
TO CONGRATULATE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF PICKENS AND ITS CONGREGATION ON THE OBSERVANCE AND CELEBRATION OF ITS CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY.
Whereas, First Baptist Church, located in Pickens, was first organized as a congregation on May 16, 1891 where twenty-nine people gathered at the Pickens Presbyterian Church; and
Whereas, as a result of that meeting, First Baptist Church of Pickens was constituted and organized; and
Whereas, this upstate church has provided the State of South Carolina with many accomplished and able clergy during its one-hundred-year history with seventeen pastors having faithfully served the congregation which now numbers nine hundred eighteen resident members; and
Whereas, First Baptist Church of Pickens has been and continues to be an important influence and leader for the spiritual and moral well-being of the upstate and the State of South Carolina; and
Whereas, the members of First Baptist Church of Pickens and indeed the Pickens community will celebrate the centennial anniversary of the church on Sunday, May 12, 1991, and Sunday, May 19, 1991. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly congratulate First Baptist Church of Pickens and its congregation on the observance and celebration of its centennial anniversary.