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Senate
Resolution 163
By:
Senators Jones of the 10th, Ramsey, Sr. of the 43rd, Adelman of the 42nd, Butler
of the 55th, Henson of the 41st and others
A
RESOLUTION
Honoring
Dr. George O. McCalep; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Dr. George O. McCalep began his pastorate at Greenforest Baptist Church in
Decatur, Georgia in 1979, and since that time the congregation has expanded from
25 souls to over 6,000 active members, and in 1988 the church moved into a new
facility purchased for $10 million and operates the largest predominantly
African American school in the country, the Greenforest-McCalep Christian
Academic Center, with an enrollment of 1,000 students; and
WHEREAS,
under Dr. McCalep´s direction, Greenforest has undertaken a number of
important large-scale community initiatives, including a 161-unit apartment
complex, managed by the Green Forest Community Development Corporation, and the
South DeKalb Church Federal Credit Union, a credit union owned cooperatively by
participating members of five neighboring churches of different denominations;
and
WHEREAS,
his success in leadership has resulted in Dr. McCalep´s national
recognition as a leading authority on the subjects of church growth,
stewardship, evangelism, church economic empowerment, Sunday school growth, and
church leadership; and
WHEREAS,
he is active in community affairs, he is a past member of the Board of Directors
of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority and a former adjunct
professor of church growth and development at Luther Rice Bible College and
Seminary, and he currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Morehouse
School of Religion; and
WHEREAS,
he is a best-selling author on church growth and spiritual development, having
published his first book,
Faithful Over
a Few Things - Seven Critical Church Growth
Principles, in 1996, and subsequent books
include
Breaking the
Huddle;
Growing Up to
the Head - Ten Growth Essentials to Becoming a Better
Christian;
Stir up the
Gifts - Empowering Believers for Victorious Living and Ministry
Tasks;
A Good Black
Samaritan;
Sin in the
House - Ten Crucial Church Problems with Cleansing
Solutions;
Praising the
Hell Out of Yourself;
How to Be
Blessed: Finding Favor with God and Man;
Faith Raising
vs. Money Raising: An Approach to Doing Stewardship God´s
Way;
Fulfillment
Hour: A Nontraditional Sunday School
Model;
When Black Men
Stretch Their Hands to God: Messages Affirming the Black Biblical
Heritage;
Seven Weeks of
Growing Up to the Head; and
Church Growth
Made Simple: Twenty Simple Changes Guaranteed to Transform Your
Church; and
WHEREAS,
he is founder and owner-manager of three successful for profit ministries, Orman
Press, Ormanpress.com, and The McCalep Group, as well as two nonprofit
corporations, the Cushite Movement and the McCalep-Antioch-Cushite Fellowship of
Churches; and
WHEREAS,
Dr. McCalep has been married for 44 years to the former Sadie Turner, his
sweetheart since high school, and the couple has three sons, Michael, George
III, and Timothy, and three grandsons.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body join to
recognize and honor Dr. George O. McCalep for his many accomplishments, and
especially for his towering contributions to his community and this
state.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Dr. George O. McCalep.