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HONORING PASTOR LEONARDO D. GILBERT 25TH MINISTERIAL ANNIVERSARY & 60TH BIRTHDAY
WHEREAS, Leonardo Gilbert was born in Chicago and raised in the church by godly parents Leon and Marie Gilbert. He was baptized in 1971 at the Michigan Ave Church of Christ, which was later known as the Sheldon Heights Church of Christ; he has attended this congregation all his life and has been preaching at it full time since 1995; and
WHEREAS, Leonardo Gilbert loves to learn and educationally, he is a product of the Chicago Public Schools, Lindblom Technical High School (class of 1977), Michigan Christian College (A.A), Harding University (B.A in Biology with a minor Chemistry and B.A. in Bible), North Park University (M.N.A. Master of Non Profit Administration). He has studied Board Governance at Harvard University. Currently, he is pursuing graduate studies in global non-profit management and has studied in Seoul, South Korea; Hong Kong; Guangzhou, China; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Cape Town, South Africa; Istanbul, Turkey; Athens, Greece; and Barcelona, Spain; and
WHEREAS, Bro. Leonardo Gilbert has been serving as the full-time minister of the Sheldon Heights Church of Christ since 1995 after the passing of Bro. Samuel L. Jordan, Bro. Gilbert has been preaching since 1978. After graduating from Harding University in 1981, Gilbert accepted several positions at the Sheldon Heights Church of Christ, including youth minister, educational director, evangelism director, and later assistant minster. He enthusiastically served in these roles until becoming full-time minister in 1995. Bro Leonardo Demetrius Gilbert is a visionary, missionary and community leader, and servant of God, who loves and works fervently for God. His motto is I have been "Saved to Serve."; and
WHEREAS, Pastor Gilbert is founder and chairman of IAMM, founder and previous chairman of the Greater Roseland-West Pullman Food Network, and founder and Chairman of the National Teachers Workshop; and
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