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File #: 0206X-2016    Version: 1
Type: Ceremonial Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/7/2016 In control: Klein
On agenda: 9/12/2016 Final action: 9/15/2016
Title: To Honor, Recognize and Celebrate Pastor Arlene Kimberly Harris Carter and Overseer Tommie D. Carter on their Pastoral Installation and Dedication Service
Sponsors: Zach M. Klein, Elizabeth Brown, Mitchell Brown, Shannon G. Hardin, Jaiza Page, Michael Stinziano, Priscilla Tyson
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To Honor, Recognize and Celebrate Pastor Arlene Kimberly Harris Carter and Overseer Tommie D. Carter on their Pastoral Installation and Dedication Service

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WHEREAS, Pastor Arlene Kimberly Harris Carter is a recipient of a Master of Pastoral and Clinical Counseling Degree from Ashland Theological Seminary, Ashland, OH in June, 2010, and is in great demand as an anointed preacher, teacher, Christian counselor, workshop facilitator, and special occasion speaker; and

WHEREAS, Pastor Harris Carter was licensed to preach in June, 2000. In 2002, she was ordained by the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World (PAW). In April, 2004, God led her to Trinity Baptist Church where her gifts continued to edify the Body of Christ. In October, 2005, Pastor Harris Carter was ordained by the Trinity Baptist Church, Columbus, OH; and,

WHEREAS, Pastor Harris Carter has served as an member of the Kingdom Connection Fellowship International, Associate minister at Trinity Baptist Church and minister at the Church of Christ of the Apostolic Faith prior to accepting the call to Pastor the New Life International Deliverance Ministries and visionary of the New Life Deliverance Conference; and

WHEREAS, Pastor Harris Carter’s 9 months of exemplary leadership to New Life International Deliverance Ministries and the community is responsible for the New Life Outreach Center, a mobile produce pantry and in the Fall of 2016, will launch the Food Pantry, a partnership with the Cleveland Food Bank; and

WHEREAS, Pastor Arlene Kimberly Harris Carter is the recipient of numerous awards, however, the most notable of all his accomplishments are the number of souls won to Christ; and

WHEREAS, Pastor Arlene Kimberly Harris Carter is married to Overseer Tommie D. Carter; mother of Monika, Shernika, and Tanika (husband Kwasi) and Lyndsy, and proud grandmother of Imani, Aaron, Nia-Symone, Jeremiah, Major, and True; therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS: That this C...

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