[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 64 (Friday, May 20, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: May 20, 1994]
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                     TRIBUTE TO REV. EUGENE CHERRY

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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 Rev. Eugene Cherry of the Christian Youth 
Missionary Baptist Church. Attached is a proclamation I issued the 
Reverend commending him for his work.

                              Proclamation

       Whereas the Reverend Eugene Cherry was born in Shelby, 
     Mississippi, reared in Chicago in the Church, matriculating 
     in the Chicago Public Schools graduating from Marshall High 
     and receiving his theological education from the Chicago 
     Baptist Institute, and
       Whereas Reverend Cherry has served faithfully four years as 
     the Assistant Pastor of the Christian Youth Missionary 
     Baptist Church under the pastoral leadership of the Founder 
     The Reverend Isaiah Clayton, Sr., in 1979 Reverend Cherry was 
     elected Pastor of Christian Youth, and
       Whereas the church has prospered under the pastoral 
     leadership of Reverend Cherry increasing the church 
     membership to over six hundred, expanding the church parking, 
     remodeled the church facilities, purchased vans and buses for 
     the evangelistic outreach ministry, and
       Whereas Reverend Cherry has served as Moderator of the 
     Chicago Southside District of the National Baptist 
     Convention, a Board Member of the Chicago Baptist Institute, 
     a churchman, a humanitarian, and believes in ministry to the 
     total person: Now, therefore be it
       Resolved, That the Congress of the United States wishes to 
     acknowledge the accomplishments of The Reverend Eugene Cherry 
     by entering these accomplishments into the Congressional 
     Record and archives of the one hundred and third Congress.

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