A house RESOLUTION

 

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR RICHARD W. "DICK" HAWKINS, LIEUTENANT COLONEL IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, RETIRED, AND TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON BEING NAMED CHAIRMAN OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION INITIATIVE.

 

Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased to learn that Richard W. "Dick" Hawkins has been named chairman of Christian Education Initiative with a wealth of experience from the military and education; and

 

Whereas, born and reared in the Santa Monica area of California, Mr. Hawkins had a conservative upbringing without a Christian background. He attended the public schools of Los Angeles City and earned a bachelor's degree from California State University in Northridge and a master's degree from Chapman University, the latter while serving in the military; and

 

Whereas, after twenty years of distinguished active duty service between the United States Air Force and Air National Guard, he retired with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Like the Apostle Paul, he experienced a dramatic "Damascus Road" conversion to Christianity at the age of fifty; and

 

Whereas, Mr. Hawkins served as a substitute teacher after military service with Lake Havasu Unified School District in Arizona and was very active with public education reform until he realized the system to be in violation of God's design for social order, no matter how reformed it could become; and

 

Whereas, one positive reform he was instrumental in achieving was helping to install a K-12 magnet school program using Hillsdale College's Barney Charter School Initiative, an American classical education curriculum; and

 

Whereas, for fifteen years Mr. Hawkins led The Truth Project prepared by Focus on the Family, which teaches comparative worldviews, and he recently co-edited a worldview book entitled Marxifying America: Cultural Marxism's Fundamental Transformation of the Institutions with William S. Lind; and

 

Whereas, since 2024, he has served as the chairman of Christian Education Initiative, an alliance of ministries promoting discipleship for a biblical worldview. This ministry is creating an outreach to parents, pastors, and Christian school administrators with networks and resources to help build the Church, the Body of Christ, through Christian education and Christian homeschooling; and

 

Whereas, Mr. Hawkins has been married to the former Pamela Lange for over twenty-four years, having met her through eHarmony, and they are one of the first ten couples that married through that ministry's service. Between them, they have five grown children and have been blessed with the affection of five grandchildren; and

 

Whereas, to be nearer to family, they moved to Lexington where they now reside, and Mr. Hawkins continues to teach profound studies on biblical worldview with its resulting impact on government, education, and culture; and

 

Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives appreciates the importance of the biblical culture studies that Dick Hawkins teaches and the impact he is making nationally and in South Carolina. Now, therefore,

 

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

 

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize and honor Richard W. "Dick" Hawkins, Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force, retired, and congratulate him on being named chairman of Christian Education Initiative.

 

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Richard W. "Dick" Hawkins.

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