1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 120th Session, 2013-2014 3 4 S. 730 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Senate Resolution 9 Sponsors: Senator Allen 10 Document Path: l:\s-res\kba\001john.mrh.kba.docx 11 12 Introduced in the Senate on May 23, 2013 13 Adopted by the Senate on May 23, 2013 14 15 Summary: Pastor Curtis L. Johnson 16 17 18 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 19 20 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 21 5/23/2013 Senate Introduced and adopted ( Senate Journalpage 6) 22 23 24 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 25 26 5/23/2013 27 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A SENATE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND PASTOR CURTIS L. 12 JOHNSON FOR HIS FAITHFUL SERVICE TO VALLEY 13 BROOK OUTREACH BAPTIST CHURCH IN PELZER, SOUTH 14 CAROLINA, AND TO CONGRATULATE HIM AND HIS 15 CONGREGATION FOR TWENTY YEARS OF MINISTRY 16 TOGETHER. 17 18 Whereas, Pastor Curtis L. Johnson has served as Senior Pastor of 19 the Valley Brook Outreach Baptist Church since 1993; and 20 21 Whereas, he also serves as the South Carolina State Overseer of 22 the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International; and 23 24 Whereas, Pastor Johnson is a native of Greenville, South Carolina 25 and is a graduate of J. L. Mann High School. After graduation, he 26 joined the United States Air Force where he served for four years; 27 and 28 29 Whereas, Pastor Johnson earned his Master of Divinity degree 30 from the M. Christopher White School of Divinity at 31 GardnerWebb University; and 32 33 Whereas, Pastor Johnson is also very involved in the community 34 empowering individuals and creating unity among all. He has a 35 great unconditional love for humanity; and 36 37 Whereas, Pastor Johnson currently serves on the Greenville Health 38 System Children’s Hospital Council, Sunbelt Human 39 Advancement Resources (SHARE) board member, member of 40 Pastors United for Action, and Catalyst for Change and Greenville 41 Alliance for Change; and 42

[730] 2 1 Whereas, Pastor Johnson was nominated as one of the 2 “Outstanding Young Men of America”. His academic performance 3 earned him recognition on the “National Dean’s List” and he is 4 listed in Dunn and Bradstreet’s National Registry of “Who’s Who 5 among Executives and Businesses”; and 6 7 Whereas, Pastor Johnson is the Founder and Chairman of the 8 Martin Luther King Dream Weekend and he is also the Gospel 9 Director of 107.3 JAMZ, WJMZ in Greenville; and 10 11 Whereas, Pastor Johnson and his wife, Charla, have been married 12 twentythree years and are the proud parents of two sons, Isaiah and 13 Joshua; and 14 15 Whereas, the members of the Senate are grateful for the dedication 16 and commitment of Pastor Curtis Johnson and for the significant 17 service he has rendered to his church and community. Now, 18 therefore, 19 20 Be it resolved by the Senate: 21 22 That the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, recognizes and 23 commends Pastor Curtis L. Johnson for his faithful service to 24 Valley Brook Outreach Baptist Church and congratulates him and 25 his congregation for twenty years of ministry together. 26 27 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 28 Pastor Curtis L. Johnson. 29 XX 30

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