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Bill 865

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      865
Type of Legislation:              Concurrent Resolution CR
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  19990526
Primary Sponsor:                  Setzler
All Sponsors:                     Setzler, Matthews, Jackson
Drafted Document Number:          l:\s-res\jwm\003broo.whb.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     19990527
Subject:                          Brookland Baptist Church, West Columbia, 
                                  Resolutions


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  19990622  Senator added as Co-Sponsor                    Jackson
Senate  19990622  Senator added as Principal Sponsor             Setzler
Senate  19990527  Received from House
House   19990527  Introduced, adopted, returned
                  with concurrence
Senate  19990526  Introduced, adopted, sent to House


              Versions of This Bill

EXPRESSING THE SINCERE DESIRE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE THE CONGREGATION OF THE BROOKLAND BAPTIST CHURCH UPON THE OCCASION OF THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW EDIFICE IN WEST COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WHICH HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE A SPECIAL BLESSING TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

Whereas, Brookland Baptist Church, founded originally in the late 1880's as a weekly home-based prayer service, has evolved from its first wooden structure with no electricity for light and heat to a five million dollar sanctuary, and a significant source of community pride in West Columbia, South Carolina; and

Whereas, Brookland Baptist Church, led through the years by Pastors Brown, Sims, White, Holloway, Norris, Freeman, Marsh, McIlwain and finally Rev. Doctor Charles B. Jackson, Jr., has expanded its budget to a staggering $1.7 million and its congregation to more than 3,500; and

Whereas, the Rev. Doctor Charles B. Jackson, Jr., just out of high school when he began to serve Brookland Baptist Church, energized the church with his youth and vision and led the church in its biggest expansion thus far; and

Whereas, Brookland Baptist Church has demonstrated its complete dedication to community service through fifty-eight ministries, the establishment of an independent human services agency called the Brookland Foundation, and the creation of a federal tax-exempt credit union to continue the process of rebuilding the economic infrastructure of the community; and

Whereas, Brookland Baptist Church has used its prior location on Monticello Street as a child development and learning center, and after the most recent expansion the existing building will continue to serve the congregation for smaller services, choir rehearsals, Children's Church, dressing rooms, Sunday School, and a fellowship hall; and

Whereas, the Brookland Baptist Church has reached great heights from its humble beginnings and proudly holds itself out as "The Church that Edifies God and Serves Humanity" and fully expects to fulfill its responsibility for many years as a spiritual resource for the community. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly, by this resolution, hereby recognize the July 25, 1999 dedication of Brookland Baptist Church's new edifice and wish it many more years of "Glorifying God, Edifying Humanity, and Serving Community."

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Brookland Baptist Church.

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