[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 64 (Friday, May 20, 1994)]
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                    TRIBUTE TO REV. WILLIE C. AUSTIN

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                           HON. MEL REYNOLDS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 20, 1994

  Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to bring to the attention of 
my colleagues, the outstanding work done by a great leader in my 
congressional district, the Reverend Willie C. Austin of the New 
Israelite Missionary Baptist Church. Attached is a proclamation I 
issued Reverend Austin commending him for his work.

                              Proclamation

       Whereas The Reverend Willie C. Austin is a native of 
     Cuthbert, Georgia, moving to Chicago in 1953, he matriculated 
     at the Chicago Baptist Institute, Chicago, Illinois earning 
     the Associate Arts degree 1983 and the Bachelor of Arts 
     degree in Religion, 1985; and
       Whereas Reverend Austin is a family man and a role model in 
     our community, he is married to the former Miss Jannie Green, 
     they are the proud parents of one son, Gregory and one 
     daughter, LaShaun; and
       Whereas Reverend Austin has served the Church his whole 
     life, he was crowned a Deacon in 1960 in the Mount Pleasant 
     Missionary Baptist Church, served as Superintendent of the 
     Junior Department Sunday School, Director of the Junior 
     Church, General Superintendent of the Sunday School for 
     fifteen years, Scout Master, Director of the Baptist Training 
     Union, he responded to the Call to the Gospel Ministry and 
     was Ordained November 21, 1976, following Ordination Reverend 
     Austin served as Assistant Pastor of the Mount Pleasant 
     Missionary Baptist Church, currently he is the Second Vice 
     President of the New Era District, National Baptist 
     Convention, Chicago, Illinois; and
       Whereas Reverend Austin was elected Pastor of the New 
     Israelite Missionary Baptist Church, December 1983. Under 
     Reverend Austin's leadership the mortgage to the previous 
     location on South Ashland Avenue was paid off and the present 
     location was obtained, new departments and ministries were 
     initiated: the Missionary Society, Educational Scholarship 
     Committee, Youth Department, a special relationship with four 
     Nursing Homes ministering to the Senior Citizens, sponsoring 
     a Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner for Senior Citizens, a special 
     ministry to a girls home in the community, and Vacation Bible 
     School: Now, therefore be it
       Resolved, That the Congress of the United States wishes to 
     acknowledge the accomplishments of The Reverend Willie C. 
     Austin and the New Israelite Missionary Baptist Church, 
     Chicago, Illinois by entering these accomplishments into the 
     Congressional Record and Archives of the One Hundred and 
     Third Congress.

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