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H. 5019

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Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Hart, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bedingfield, Bernstein, Bingham, Bowers, Bradley, Brannon, G.A. Brown, R.L. Brown, Burns, Chumley, Clary, Clemmons, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Cole, Collins, Corley, H.A. Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Duckworth, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, Forrester, Fry, Funderburk, Gagnon, Gambrell, George, Gilliard, Goldfinch, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hayes, Henderson, Henegan, Herbkersman, Hicks, Hill, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, Johnson, Jordan, Kennedy, King, Kirby, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, McCoy, McEachern, McKnight, M.S. McLeod, W.J. McLeod, Merrill, Mitchell, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Murphy, Nanney, Neal, Newton, Norman, Norrell, Ott, Parks, Pitts, Pope, Putnam, Quinn, Ridgeway, Riley, Rivers, Robinson-Simpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sandifer, Simrill, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, J.E. Smith, Sottile, Southard, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Tinkler, Toole, Weeks, Wells, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Yow
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Introduced in the House on March 2, 2016
Introduced in the Senate on March 2, 2016
Adopted by the General Assembly on March 2, 2016

Summary: Right Direction Church International

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    3/2/2016  House   Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 9)
    3/2/2016  Senate  Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence 
                        (Senate Journal-page 6)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/2/2016

TO COMMEND RIGHT DIRECTION CHURCH INTERNATIONAL OF COLUMBIA FOR TWO DECADES OF SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND TO EXTEND WARMEST CONGRATULATIONS ON THE OCCASION OF THE CHURCH'S TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY.

Whereas, the South Carolina General Assembly is pleased to learn that Right Direction Church International of Columbia is celebrating its twentieth anniversary in 2016; and

Whereas, created in 1995 as Right Direction Christian Center (RDCC), the church began as a weekly Bible study in the home of Pastors Herbert and Marcia Bailey, who had moved to Columbia in 1995 with their four young children. At the Bible study, the Bailey family, along with three other adults and one child, became charter members of RDCC; and

Whereas, in April 1996, the fledgling church held its first worship service in the former Holiday Inn Express on St. Andrews Road, where membership grew to forty. Later that year, RDCC began hosting its services in the nearby Postal Workers Union Hall, where the congregation grew to nearly sixty members; and

Whereas, another move becoming necessary for the growing congregation, the church relocated first to River Drive and, in March 2001, to its first property at 1230 St. Andrews Road. In December 2001, weekly Sunday attendance soared to more than six hundred people, with three hundred attending Wednesday Bible study. Pastor Marcia Bailey created Women's Bible Study at noon on Fridays, and Pastor Herbert Bailey began the noonday Wednesday Bible Break; and

Whereas, in January 2004, the church expanded with the building of a "sprung structure" sanctuary design on its Broad River Road property. In July of the same year, RDCC moved into its new worship center, commemorated by a march from the St. Andrews Road location to the new facility; and

Whereas, the next two years brought more milestones. RDCC purchased a business complex on St. Andrews Road, which now houses the church's administrative offices and learning center, and paid off the balance on the worship center in full only one and a half years from its completion. RDCC went on to purchase an additional seventeen acres on the property, bringing the total to forty acres; and

Whereas, since that time, RDCC has changed its name to Right Direction Church International (RDCI); planted campuses in Orangeburg and Florence; constructed a family life center; established Dee's Haven as transitional housing for women; founded the Compass CDC, which includes My Sister's Closet and the Hub; refreshed its vision and mission to empower people to live successful lives through the teaching of faith principles that transform thinking and impact future generations; and opened Kids Town, a facility dedicated to children's ministry; and

Whereas, in celebration of its twentieth anniversary, RDCI will host a special gala on April 24, 2016, at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. The occasion will feature gospel recording artist William Murphy and keynote speaker Pastor Darrell Jackson, who also serves as a member of the South Carolina Senate; and

Whereas, Right Direction Church International has faithfully sent forth the gospel of Jesus Christ for twenty years, and, Lord willing, will carry on its ministry in many more years of worship and service. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, commend Right Direction Church International of Columbia for two decades of service to the people of South Carolina and extend warmest congratulations on the occasion of the church's twentieth anniversary.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be provided to Right Direction Church International.

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