House Resolution 1641
By: Representative Jones of the 60th
A RESOLUTION
Honoring the Metropolitan Atlanta Baptist Ministers Union upon 141 years of service to the
Baptist churches and community; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS, the seeds which were sown by the loving and humble efforts of the devoted
original worshipers of the Metropolitan Atlanta Baptist Ministers Union have blossomed,
establishing a rich tradition and history; and
WHEREAS, organized 141 years ago, the Metropolitan Atlanta Baptist Ministers Union has
grown under the divine direction of numerous pastors over the years, allowing the Word of
God to spread throughout the community; and
WHEREAS, in the City of Atlanta, some of those leaders helped to organize a meeting of
Baptist preachers known today as the Metropolitan Atlanta Baptist Ministers Union Inc.;
regretfully, records that explicitly convey some of the history of the union were destroyed
in the Great Fire of 1917; and
WHEREAS, some of the leaders who served in the Atlanta Baptist Ministers Union were
Rev. Frank Quarles, Friendship Baptist Church; Rev. W.M. Tillman, Wheat Street Baptist
Church; Rev. Dr. E.J. Fisher, Mount Olive Baptist; Rev. J.A. Hopkins, business man on
Auburn Avenue; Rev. Peter James Bryant, Wheat Street; Rev. D.D. Crawford, who was
inspired to build the Baptist Headquarters; Dr. E.R. Carter, Friendship; and others—among
the men who have served as president of the union are the reverends Frank Paschal, A.D.
Williams, E.P. Johnson, J.T. Dorsey, M.L. King Sr., B.J. Johnson Sr., D.A. Dixon, L.A.
Pinkston, W.W. Weatherspool, H.M. Smith, M.L. Raglan, C.M. Wagner, H.W. Creecy, Rev.
T.W. Hobbs, Frank Norwood, Moses Lee, H.J. Taylor, E.J. Jester, H.K. Benton, Anthony
Motley, Paul Harvey, E.L. Jones, R.B. Sutton, J. Sherman Pelt, Casey Holmes, J. Edward
Wilkins, R.L. Hill, James H. Pullin, A. Horton, Johnny Johnson, Stanley Smith, R.L. White,
and Craig White; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Atlanta Baptist Ministers Union continues to progress under
the leadership of its new president, the Rev. Jarius Dorsey; and
WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that this enduring example of God's message
of peace and love be recognized and congratulated for its innumerable good works rendered
on behalf of persons in need.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that
the members of this body recognize the rich history of the Metropolitan Atlanta Baptist
Ministers Union, commend its 141 years of dedicated service to the Lord and community,
and extend their warmest best wishes for its continued growth and success.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to the
Metropolitan Atlanta Baptist Ministers Union.