H.R. No. 175
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Members of Bethany Missionary Baptist Church in
Dallas are gathering on September 12, 2021, to honor their senior
pastor, the Reverend Albert Kinder Haynes Sr., for his half century
of devoted service in the ministry; and
WHEREAS, Pastor Haynes answered the call to preach the gospel
at the age of 21; his distinguished ministerial career has included
a tenure as senior pastor at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Cheek,
and he went on to serve as pastor of the Fellowship Missionary
Baptist Church in Beaumont for more than 16 years before becoming
senior pastor at Bethany MBC; and
WHEREAS, This dynamic leader has worked to expand and improve
the Bethany ministries and has implemented a range of other
initiatives to benefit the congregation; his achievements include
organizing training workshops for church leaders and establishing
the K-12 tutorial program, which offers remedial education
assistance to students; and
WHEREAS, Reverend Haynes has participated in numerous civic
organizations in the communities where he has worked; he has led the
North Park Ministers' Coalition as president and is a founding
member and former president of the board of directors for the North
Park Community Development Corporation; moreover, he served as
chair of the City of Beaumont Affirmative Action Committee and as
president of the NAACP Beaumont branch; a graduate of Lamar
University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in engineering, he
also completed postgraduate studies at the University of Houston
and the Southwestern Baptist Seminary Extension in Beaumont; and
WHEREAS, Pastor Albert Haynes is a source of wisdom and
inspiration to all who are privileged to know him, and it is a
pleasure to join in honoring him on this special occasion; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas
Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby congratulate the Reverend
Albert Kinder Haynes Sr. on his five decades in the ministry and
extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success with his
important work; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Reverend Haynes as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.
Crockett
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 175 was adopted by the House on
September 2, 2021, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House