A house RESOLUTION

TO HONOR AND CONGRATULATE THE REVEREND ELIZABETH OAKIE WINE UPON THE OCCASION OF HER INSTALLATION AS PASTOR OF Fairfield County's GOOD HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH AND TO WISH HER GOD'S RICHEST BLESSINGS AS SHE MINISTERS TO HER CONGREGATION AND COMMUNITY IN THE DAYS AHEAD.

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives were pleased to learn that the Reverend Elizabeth Oakie Wine, elected in January 2024 to serve as senior pastor of Good Hope Baptist Church in Fairfield County, will be installed on Saturday, July 20, 2024; and

Whereas, born to Colonel and Mrs. Sidney Anderson (Viola) in Okinawa, Japan, Pastor Wine is the proud mother of four and the delighted grandmother of eight; and

Whereas, a graduate of C.A. Johnson High School, the young Elizabeth pursued further studies at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, received a bachelor's degree in theology and a master's degree in divinity from the International School of Religion in Washington, D.C., and completed biblical studies at Morris College School of Religion Extension. She currently serves as a certified chaplain and is employed at Crayton Middle School; and

Whereas, having joined the church at an early age, Pastor Wine was baptized at Trinity Baptist Church in Columbia. Called to preach in 2001, she was ordained and licensed in 2005 through the Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Association. Over the years, she has served as associate minister at Gunter's Chapel Baptist Church; Bible study teacher for the elderly at Finlay House in Columbia; provider of pastoral care for hospitals in Richland and Lexington counties; and interim pastor of Good Hope Baptist Church, a position to which she was called in June 2023; and

Whereas, in January 2024, Pastor Wine was elected the first female senior pastor of Good Hope Baptist Church. On completing her July 20, 2024, installation, she will become the first female in the Women's Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Auxiliary to pastor a church. In addition to carrying out her pastoral duties, she serves as a conference speaker, workshop leader, prayer intercessor, and youth advocate, and she is a life member of Women's Auxiliary VFW Post 4262, life member of Modern Free Masons of the World, Chapter 268, and a member of Women of Faith in Blythewood; and

Whereas, the South Carolina House is thankful that Pastor Elizabeth Oakie Wine will preach the gospel of Jesus Christ at Good Hope Baptist Church, and the members congratulate Pastor Wine and her congregation on her installation. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, honor and congratulate the Reverend Elizabeth Oakie Wine upon the occasion of her installation as pastor of Fairfield County's Good Hope Baptist Church and wish her God's richest blessings as she ministers to her congregation and community in the days ahead.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to the Reverend Elizabeth Oakie Wine.

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