[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 68 (Thursday, May 26, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                   TRIBUTE TO REV. HOLLIS LEWIS, SR.

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                           HON. MEL REYNOLDS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 25, 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 Hollis Lewis, Sr., of the Greater 
Pleasant Green Baptist Church of Chicago, IL. Attached is a 
proclamation I issued Reverend Lewis commending him for his work.

                              Proclamation

       Whereas the Reverend Hollis Lewis Sr. was born in Summit, 
     Mississippi, he came to Chicago in 1934, he married Miss 
     Josephine Jeanette White in 1937, they have been blessed with 
     five sons, Hollis, Jr., Clarence E., Sr., Robert E., Raymond 
     L., and Juan H. Lewis; and
       Whereas Reverend Lewis joined the New Hope Baptist Church 
     of Chicago and was Baptized under the pastorate of The 
     Reverend William Dixon, he served as a Sunday School Teacher, 
     Superintendent of the Sunday School, sang in the Choir, 
     served as Church Treasurer, and as a Deacon, he was called to 
     the Gospel Ministry in 1944, he was Ordained in 1946 at the 
     New Hope Baptist Church under the pastorate of the late 
     Reverend Calwell W. Jones; and
       Whereas Reverend Lewis matriculated at the Morgan Park High 
     School in Chicago, The Moody Bible Institute, and the Chicago 
     Baptist Institute, receiving a Christian Leadership Degree, 
     and the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theology, in 1985 The 
     Chicago Baptist Institute awarded Reverend Lewis the Honorary 
     Doctor of Divinity Degree, he is on the Faculty of the 
     Chicago Baptist Institute, and an Instructor in the Christian 
     Education Congress of the National Baptist Convention, Dean 
     of the Seminar for the Baptist Ministerial Alliance, and 
     President of the Morgan Park/Maple Park Ministerial Alliance; 
     and
       Whereas Reverend Lewis organized The Rose of Sharon Baptist 
     Church at 7039 S. Wentworth Avenue in Chicago, where he 
     served as Pastor for eight years, later he served as an 
     Evangelist for two years, in 1964 he was called to pastor The 
     Greater Pleasant Green Baptist Church, in 1974 the Lord led 
     Reverend Lewis to build a new Church, the land was purchased 
     at 115th and Ashland Avenue, today this vision is a reality, 
     Reverend Lewis is a father, a shepherd, a builder, a teacher, 
     a servant and a true role model in our community: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Congress of the United States wishes to 
     acknowledge the accomplishments of The Reverend Hollis Lewis, 
     Sr. and The Greater Pleasant Green Baptist Church, by 
     entering these accomplishments into the Congressional Record 
     and Archives of the One Hundred and Third Congress of the 
     United States of America.

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