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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The members of First Baptist Church in Mount |
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Pleasant are honoring Dr. Clinton L. Davis on May 24, 2017, for 25 |
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years of dedicated service to that congregation; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of a Baptist minister, Clint Davis grew up in |
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Louisiana and was ordained by the Peniel Baptist Church in West |
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Monroe in 1978; after graduating from Louisiana College in |
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Pineville in 1981, he attended the New Orleans Baptist Theological |
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Seminary, where he earned a master of divinity degree and a doctor |
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of ministry degree; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Davis began his ministerial career at Pleasant |
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Hill Baptist Church in Chatham, Louisiana, in 1978 and went on to |
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serve congregations in Spearsville, Shreveport, and Haughton; and |
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WHEREAS, Since assuming the pastorate at FBC Mount Pleasant |
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in 1992, Dr. Davis has contributed to his community as treasurer of |
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the Cypress Basin Hospice Board of Directors and as a trustee for |
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East Texas Baptist University, and he is active in the Mount |
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Pleasant Rotary Club; moreover, he is a member of the executive |
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board and the mission funding group for the Baptist General |
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Convention of Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Dr. Davis enjoys the love and |
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support of his wife, Cindy, and their three children, Heather, |
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Rachel, and Joshua; and |
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WHEREAS, This inspiring clergyman has led First Baptist |
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Church in Mount Pleasant with conviction and compassion, and he has |
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earned the lasting respect and admiration of his congregants as |
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well as members of the greater community; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Clinton L. Davis on his 25th |
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anniversary as pastor of First Baptist Church in Mount Pleasant and |
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extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success with his |
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important work; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Clinton L. Davis as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |