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Regular Session, 2013
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 14
BY SENATOR NEVERS
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Reverend Robert L. Adams upon his retirement.
A RESOLUTION1
To commend and congratulate Reverend Robert L. "Bob" Adams, upon his retirement as2
pastor of the First Baptist Church of Bogalusa, Louisiana.3
WHEREAS, Reverend Adams was born in Big Spring, Texas, on April 15, 1945,4
spending much of his childhood growing up as the son of a bi-vocational pastor in Hobbs,5
New Mexico, in the high plains desert of southeastern New Mexico; and 6
WHEREAS, Reverend Adams and his wife, Janice, were married in June, 1966 and7
are proud to be the parents of two grown daughters, Lisa Adams Thomas and Susan Adams8
Moffett, and the grandparents of four grandchildren, Allison and Jennifer Thomas, and9
Adam and Ashley Moffett; and 10
WHEREAS, Reverend Adams attended Wayland Baptist University in Plainview,11
Texas, and then completed post-graduate studies at the New Orleans Baptist Theological12
Seminary, the University of New Orleans, Southeastern Louisiana University and Moody13
Bible Institute, in Chicago, Illinois; and 14
WHEREAS, after serving as senior pastor in churches in the Miami and Fort15
Lauderdale areas of southern Florida for 26 years, Reverend Adams and his wife, Janice16
(Pulling) Adams, arrived in Bogalusa in May, 2001 to accept the pastorate at First Baptist17
Church; and 18 SR NO. 14
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WHEREAS, Reverend Adams for nine years served as a founding member and an1
integral part of the LSU Bogalusa Medical Center Foundation Board, further serving as a2
founding member of the Community Support Group that worked to bring the LSU Family3
Practice Residency Program to the LSU Bogalusa Medical Center; and4
WHEREAS, Reverend Adams was selected as the 2005 Bogalusa Citizen of the5
Year, and served as a member of a special study committee with the Bogalusa City School6
system at a time of critical transition and strategic planning for the future of the city's school7
system; and8
WHEREAS, Reverend Adams helped co-found the "Christ for the City" effort, begun9
in November 2002 and continued to the present day, where churches of all denominations10
come together for a week of prayer and worship services during Holy Week; and 11
WHEREAS, Reverend Adams has, over the past three decades, authored and12
published through LifeWay Publishing several hundred articles and materials for13
preschoolers through senior adults, addressing the life of the church, Bible study principles,14
devotional materials and special needs ministries; and 15
WHEREAS, Reverend Adams worked tirelessly in recovery efforts after Hurricane16
Andrew and Hurricane Katrina, and has helped to establish churches in English, Spanish,17
Haitian and Korean languages, and has served on international missions to Jamaica, Chile,18
Argentina and Latvia; and 19
WHEREAS, Reverend Adams resolves to leave First Baptist Church with a sense of20
hope, remembering it as a "strong, healthy congregation that's full of grace," and pledging21
to be an even larger part of the Bogalusa community during his retirement. 22
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana23
does hereby commend and congratulate Reverend Robert L. "Bob" Adams upon his24
retirement as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Bogalusa, Louisiana. 25
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to26
Reverend Robert L. "Bob" Adams.27 SR NO. 14
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Julie J. Baxter.
DIGEST
Nevers SR No. 14
Commends Rev. Robert L. "Bob" Adams upon his retirement as pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Bogalusa, Louisiana.