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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature honors and commemorates the life of Pastor Dave Welch; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Pastor Dave Welch was the founder and executive |
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director of the Houston Area Pastor Council, the Texas Pastor |
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Council, and the United States Pastor Council; for four decades, he |
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held leadership positions at notable religious organizations, |
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including roles as founding executive director of the Christian |
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Coalition of Washington, national field director of the Christian |
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Coalition, and executive director of Vision America; and |
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WHEREAS, The Houston Area Pastor Council was launched under |
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the guidance of Pastor Welch in 2003, and it has grown to involve |
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more than three hundred pastors; it has been used in cities |
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throughout the nation as a model for the grassroots development of |
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interracial, interdenominational teams of pastors who are mutually |
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committed to promoting Biblical principles in the home, the church, |
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and the community through ministry in their local churches; and |
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WHEREAS, Pastor Welch served at the forefront of interactions |
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between the church and members of government at the city, state, and |
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national levels; many leaders in Texas government worked with |
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Pastor Welch for the better part of two decades, and his commitment |
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to faith, family, and freedom reflected the highest ideals of the |
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Lone Star State; and |
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WHEREAS, Dave grew up in a patriotic working-class family in |
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the State of Washington; he was ordained by Grace International, |
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and he was a licensed minister with the Church of God in Christ; he |
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and his wife, Valerie, were married for 42 years, and they were |
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blessed with six children and twenty grandchildren, who enriched |
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their lives immeasurably; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Pastor Dave Welch |
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and extend heartfelt condolences to the members of his family; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Pastor Dave |
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Welch. |