File #: 19139    Version: 0 Name: Csty Macendonia Basptist Church of Kansas City, MO 100th Anniversary.
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 4/28/2016 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: 5/2/2016 Final action: 5/2/2016
Title: A RESOLUTION congratulating Macedonia Baptist Church of Kansas City, Missouri, on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Sponsors: Tony Miller
Indexes: COURTESY 2016
Attachments: 1. 19139adopt.pdf

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

 

 

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A RESOLUTION congratulating Macedonia Baptist Church of Kansas City, Missouri, on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.

 

 

Intro

RESOLUTION NO. 19139, May 2, 2016

 

INTRODUCED BY Tony Miller, County Legislator

 

 

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 WHEREAS, Macedonia Baptist Church of Kansas City, Missouri, is celebrating its 100th Anniversary, Saturday, May 14, 2016; and,

 

WHEREAS, Macedonia Baptist Church holds as its mission to lead men, women, boys, and girls to Jesus Christ; and,

 

WHEREAS, in its early years, Macedonia Baptist Church flourished under the leadership of Pastor Jackson Smith, Pastor L.C. Rice, and Pastor Preston Allen, Sr., through whose leadership the Church purchased a church facility; and,

 

WHEREAS, the growing congregation has expanded and improved its facilities under the leadership of Pastor Allen, Sr., for 49 years, and upon his retirement, Pastor Preston Allen, Jr., was appointed; and,

 

WHEREAS, through Pastor Allen, Jr.’s leadership, Macedonia Baptist Church was placed on the City of Kansas City records as a Historic Landmark, former President Harry S Truman having been baptized in the church when it was known as Benton Boulevard Baptist Church; and,

 

WHEREAS, presently, Macedonia Baptist Church is led by Pastor John Leslie Brooks at its current and fourth location, 1700 E. Linwood Boulevard; and,

 

WHEREAS, Macedonia Baptist Church serves through a holistic ministry that will reach the lost and minister to the local and international community; now therefore,

 

 

BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Legislature hereby congratulates Macedonia Baptist Church, on the occasion of its 100th anniversary and extends sincere best wishes for continued success in the future.

 

Enacted and Approved

Effective Date:  This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.

 

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

 

 

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Chief Deputy County Counselor                                                               County Counselor

 

Certificate of Passage

 

                     I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 19139 of May 2, 2016, was duly passed on May 2, 2016 by the Jackson County Legislature.  The votes thereon were as follows:

 

 

                     Yeas _______9________                                                               Nays ______0________

 

 

                     Abstaining ____0_____                                                               Absent _____0_______

 

 

 

 

 

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Date                                                                                                                                                   Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature