[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 65 (Monday, May 23, 1994)]
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               TRIBUTE TO REV. DR. EUGENE L. GIBSON, SR.

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                           HON. MEL REYNOLDS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 23, 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. Dr. Eugene L. Gibson, Sr. Attached is 
a proclamation I issued Dr. Gibson commending him for his work.

                              Proclamation

       Whereas Dr. Eugene L. Gibson is a native of Chicago, 
     Illinois, a graduate of Hyde Park High School, matriculated 
     at Chicago Teacher's College, Moody Bible Institute, Bachelor 
     of Religious Education, International Institute and Seminary, 
     Master of Bible Theology, graduated the Worsham College of 
     Martuary Science, and as a crowning distinction the Easonian 
     Baptist Seminary awarded Rev. Gibson the Honorary Doctor of 
     Divinity, a family man married to Mildred Scott of York, 
     Pennsylvania, the Gibsons are the proud parents of four 
     children--William, Everett, Eugene Jr. and Eugenia; and
       Whereas Dr. Gibson was called to the Ministry in 1977, in 
     that same year he organized the Mission Of Faith Baptist 
     Church, 1984 he was elected President of the State Ministers 
     Conference for the Illinois Convention, Moderator of the 
     Chicago Metropolitan Baptist Association from 1981-1983--the 
     association consisting of 131 congregations worshiping in 
     seventeen different languages, also serving as President of 
     the Roseland Clergy Association 1981-1989; and
       Whereas Dr. Gibson is a leader in Christian Education, 
     serving as a consultant for the Southern Baptist Convention 
     Sunday School Board, he has published numerous articles and 
     Sunday school lessons, and contributed to five published 
     books, the author of the published book, TALK YOUR WALK--the 
     Path to Black Church Growth, by Convention Press, member of 
     the faculty Chicago Baptist Institute; and
       Whereas Dr. Gibson is a representative of the Foreign 
     Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention preaching 
     and witnessing in over twelve countries: Canada, Sweden, 
     Norway, Holland, Finland, Greece, Belgium, Mexico, Kenya, 
     Ethiopia, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, and much more: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Congress of the United States wishes to 
     acknowledge the accomplishments of The Reverend Doctor Eugene 
     L. Gibson, Sr.

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