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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION OF THE COOK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CONGRATULATING REVEREND TYRONE CRIDER ON THE CELEBRATION OF HIS 12TH ANNIVERSARYAS SENIOR PASTOR AT MOUNT CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
WHEREAS, January 6th, 1959 Charles and Bernice Crider were blessed with a baby boy Tyrone Crider. Pastor Crider grew up in Maywood, IL and attended St. Paul Elementary and graduated from Walter Lutheran High School in 1977, and;
WHEREAS, In Atlanta, Georgia Pastor Crider attended Morehouse College, the alma mater of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. While a college student Pastor Crider accepted his call to Ministry and preached his first sermon and became a licensed preacher on May 17th, 1978. Pastor Crider was ordained to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ on March 1, 1981 by Pastor Harry McNelty of the First Baptist Church of Melrose Park, Illinois, and;
WHEREAS, Pastor Crider graduated from Morehouse College and moved back to Chicago to head the National Push for Excellence Program in 1982. In 1983, Rev. Crider coordinated the youth voter registration campaign to elect Chicago's First Black Mayor, Harold Washington. Rev Crider then led the national voter registration campaign for the historic Rev. Jesse Jackson for President Campaign in 1984, and;
WHEREAS, On December 31, 1994 Pastor Crider married Ms. Regina Leslie. God placed five children in their home: Sandra, Shantoya, Felice, Tyrone Jr., and Ti'Ana. Together with the prayers of the righteous, Pastor Crider and his wife, Regina, successfully fought his battle against cancer. The remarkable story of his healing through Regina's prayer and intercession has been published in a book entitled "A Living Testimony." Pastor Crider is also the publisher of the "Gospel Tribune," and;
WHEREAS, Pastor Crider was installed as Pastor of Mount Calvary Baptist Church of Chicago, Illinois on July 27th, 2003. God has blessed him to celebrate his 12th anniversary as Pastor;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVE...
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