Illinois SR 598: MEMORIAL - HAROLD E. VALBERG

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SR0598LRB104 18078 ECR 31517 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Bishop Dr. Claude Porter, who passed 

4away on December 30, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, Bishop Dr. Porter, the son of James and Corean 

6Porter, was born in Memphis, Tennessee on January 21, 1937; he 

7married Earnestine Walker; he was awarded a doctorate degree 

8in 2002; and

9 WHEREAS, Bishop Dr. Porter entered the ministry at the 

10Greater White Stone Missionary Baptist Church in Memphis in 

111960; later that year, he was ordained and began serving as 

12assistant pastor at Greater Progressive Missionary Baptist 

13Church in Chicago; he founded Proviso Missionary Baptist 

14Church in Maywood in 1972, where he was consecrated and 

15installed as Bishop in 2005, retiring as senior pastor in 

162016; and

17 WHEREAS, Bishop Dr. Porter founded the Proviso-Leyden 

18Council for Community Action, Inc. (PLCCA) in 1968; as 

19Founder, President, and CEO, he led the Maywood-based 

20nonprofit to become a cornerstone of community support that 

21serves over 30,000 individuals and families annually across 26 

22municipalities in the Proviso and Leyden Townships, the 

SR0598- 2 -LRB104 18078 ECR 31517 r

1broader Chicago metropolitan area, and throughout Illinois, 

2operating with a budget exceeding $9 million and overseeing 

3properties valued at approximately $9.1 million; and

4 WHEREAS, Bishop Dr. Porter was also the Founder and 

5Chairman Emeritus of the Proviso Township Ministerial Alliance 

6Network (PTMAN), a founding member and chairman of Interfaith 

7Illinois, the Founder and President of the Porter Family 

8Center, the president of both Maywood Phoenix Homes and 

9Goodell