SJ 104 — Commending Bishop B. Courtney McBath.

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104 IE Offered February 9, 2024 N Commending Bishop B.

TN ––––––––––R Patrons––WilliamsAgreed Graves,to Bagby,by Craig,the FavolaSenate, andFebruary Rouse;15, 2024 Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 19, 2024 O WHEREAS, Bishop B.

Delegates:Courtney McBath, a visionary spiritual leader and philanthropist, has touched L countless lives throughout Hampton Roads through his generosity and commitment to service;

Lopez and MartinezL RUniversity ––––––––––and OProvidence countlessBible livesCollege throughout Hampton Roads through his generosity and commitmentTheological toSeminary; service;

anduchedhe WHEREAS,recently Courtneyalso McBathcompleted is a passionateE lifelongpost-graduate learnerprogram andin holdsorganizational degreesleadership fromthrough RegentOxford DUniversity; University and Providence Bible College and Theological Seminary;

heand recentlyWHEREAS, alsoin completed1990, aCourtney UMcBath post-graduatefounded programCalvary inRevival organizationalChurch, leadershipwhich throughhas Oxfordbecome University;one of D multiple locations;

andand-growing Cchurches WHEREAS, in 1990,the country, with more than 7,000 congregants across WHEREAS, Courtney McBath foundedand Calvary Revival Church,Church whichhave hasreached becometens oneof thousands of multipleviewers locations;through Voice of Revival, a television ministry that airs on a local Fox affiliate station as well as WHEREAS, Courtney McBath has created several church-supported entities addressing business, educational, and cultural needs, including a kindergarten through 12th grade school system and a federSl credit union;

and-growingand churches1 in the country, with more than 7,000 congregants acrosE WHEREAS, Courtney McBath andhas Calvaryprovided Revivalhis Churchinsights haveand reachedexpertise tensto ofother thousandschurches ofthroughout DE viewerschange throughin Voicethe ofwider Revival,community; a television ministry that airs on a local Fox affiliate station as well as online;

ands, and abroad, demonstrating how active ministry can create positiveR WHEREAS, desirous to be of further service to the residents of Hampton Roads, Courtney McBath established the nonprofit organization Revive Community, which has createdhelped severalpeople church-supportedin entitiesneed addressinglead business,healthy, educational,fulWHEREAS, andunder culturalCourtney needs,McBath's includingleadership, Revive Community has developed a kindergartenfood throughpantry 12ththat gradefeeds schoolmore systemthan and700 afamilies federalper creWHEREAS,week, Courtneyan McBatheducational program that has provided hisfree insightsfinancial andliteracy expertisetools to othermore churchesthan throughout200 theindividuals Commonwealth,and thefamilies, Uniteda States,scholarship program, and abroad,an demonstratingannual howfestival activeitlled ministrySummer canHomies createthat positiveprovides changefree inresources theto widerpeople community;in at-risk communities;

andnow, Stherefore, WHEREAS, desirous to be ofRESOLVED furtherby servicethe toSenate, the residentsHouse of HamptonDelegates Roads,concurring, CourtneyThat McBat1 established the nonprofitGeneral organizationAssembly Revivehereby Community,commend whichBishop hasB. helped people in need lead h4althy, full, and enriched lives;

andCourtney thatMcBath feedson morethe thanoccasion 700of familieshis perretirement; week, an educational program that has provided free financial literacy tools to more than 200 individuals and families, a scholarship program, and an annual festival called Summer Homies that provides free resources to people in at-risk communities;

now,and, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby comRESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Bishop B.

Courtney McBath as an expression of the General Assembly's admiration for 35 his outstanding accomplishments over the course of his career.

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