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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING PASTOR JONATHAN BROOKS FOR HIS OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP, COMMITMENT, AND DEDICATION TO THE ENGLEWOOD COMMUNITY
WHEREAS; Jonathan Brooks, is a lifelong resident of Chicago, IL. currently serving as Senior Pastor of Canaan Community Church in the West Englewood neighborhood, and Director of the Accelerated Pastoral Degree Program at Northern Seminary, in cooperation with Trinity Christian College; and
WHEREAS, Jonathan Brooks, has a Bachelor of Architecture from Tuskegee University, Master of Arts in Teaching from National Louis University and Master of Divinity from Northern Seminary with an emphasis in Christian Community Development. He continues to merge his academic knowledge, practical tools, variety of gifts and ministry training in order to turn his convictions for transformation into tangible solutions, and strives to help change neglected neighborhoods for future generations; and
WHEREAS, Jonathan Brooks, Jonathan and his wife, Micheal, have two children, Jasmine and Jade, and currently reside in West Englewood steps away from the church campus.
WHEREAS; Jonathan Brooks, serves as adjunct faculty for Chicago Semester, an off-campus program that provides students the opportunity to live, learn, and work in Chicago; and
WHEREAS, Jonathan Brooks. served as the Chicago City Director for Mission Year, a one-year service-learning program for young people ages 18-30 and before that he taught elementary education in inner city Chicago for over a decade. As a firm believer in investing in your local community, Jonathan has a deep desire to impress this virtue on the students and young people in his congregation, classroom and community; and
WHEREAS, Jonathan Brooks, through various community partnerships, Canaan Community Church provides youth development, holistic health options, college scholarships, art and music training and continual support to the incarcerated and their families living in Englewood and other Ch...
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