Bill Text: TX HR92 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Dr. Gene Getz for his dedicated service in the ministry.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-18 - Reported enrolled [HR92 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR92-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 92 |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Gene Getz has made a positive and lasting | ||
difference in his community of faith during his longtime service in | ||
the ministry; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1972, Dr. Getz began his involvement in church | ||
planting and launched the Fellowship Bible Church movement, which | ||
has led to the establishment of hundreds of congregations | ||
throughout the nation, including several in the Dallas area; he | ||
currently serves as president of the Center for Church Renewal, a | ||
nonprofit organization he started in 1978, and he is pastor | ||
emeritus of Chase Oaks Church in Plano; and | ||
WHEREAS, Following his retirement from the pastorate, | ||
Dr. Getz completed work on his interactive Life Essentials Study | ||
Bible, which is used by people around the world and has also been | ||
released in Spanish; furthermore, he produces Bible Principles, a | ||
daily radio broadcast that airs on a number of stations, and he is | ||
the author of more than 60 books, including The Measure of a Man: | ||
Twenty Attributes of a Godly Man; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Getz graduated from Moody Bible Institute, and | ||
he later taught there and at Dallas Theological Seminary; he holds a | ||
master's degree from Wheaton College Graduate School and a Ph.D. | ||
from New York University; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Gene Getz exemplifies the highest standards of | ||
his vocation, and he has inspired innumerable Texans through his | ||
message of faith and goodwill; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commend Dr. Gene Getz for his many years of | ||
dedicated service in the ministry and extend to him sincere best | ||
wishes for continued success in his important work; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Dr. Getz as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
King of Parker | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 92 was adopted by the House on March | ||
10, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||