RESOLUTION NO. __________, SERIES 2018
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A RESOLUTION HONORING REV. CARL JONES BY DEDICATING THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF EAST GRAY AND JACKSON STREETS TO BE NAMED "REV. CARL JONES WAY" IN HIS HONOR.
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SPONSORED BY: COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA SEXTON SMITH
WHEREAS, Rev. Carl Jones has provided exceptional leadership in Louisville through years of dedicated service to the community.
WHEREAS, Rev. Jones was born in Georgia and moved to Louisville in 1975 to further his education;
WHEREAS, Rev. Jones was raised by his widowed mother along with seven siblings and was the first in his family to attend college. He earned an Associate Degree in Architecture from Broward Community College in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a diploma in Christian Ministry from Boyce Bible College of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, a Doctor of Divinity Degree from Simmons Bible College in Louisville, and a Diploma from the Theological Seminary of Zimbabwe in South Africa;
WHEREAS, Rev. Jones has been a church leader in several churches since coming to Louisville. He was ordained and served as Associate Minister at West End Baptist Church from 1976-1979, was Pastor of Forest Baptist Church in Newburg from 1979-1989, was a missionary associate for the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1989-1990, and in 1990 became Interim Pastor and then Pastor of the Green Street Baptist Church where he currently serves;
WHEREAS, Rev. Jones graduated from the Pastoral Excellence Program of the Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention and participated in their ministries in Guyana,
South America, Greater Portsmouth and Towerhill, Jamaica, and Johannesburg, South Africa; and
WHEREAS, Rev. Jones' many achievements include serving as President of the Newburg Ministerial Association, Chairman of the Joint Committee of Baptist Fellowship Center, President of the Board of Directors of Baptist Fellowship Center, President of the Central District...
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