[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 68 (Thursday, May 26, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: May 26, 1994]
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                  TRIBUTE TO REV. WILLIAM JENKINS, JR.

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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 William Jenkins, Jr., of the First 
Union Missionary Baptist Church of Ford Heights, IL. Attached is a 
proclamation I issued Reverend Jenkins commending him for his work:

                              Proclamation

       Whereas the Reverend William Jenkins, Jr. entered into the 
     Ministry in 1978 and served as Associated Minister of the 
     Lively Stone Missionary Baptist Church of Chicago under the 
     pastoral leadership of his esteemed father The Reverend 
     William Jenkins, Sr.; and
       Whereas Reverend Jenkins has matriculated at the following 
     schools: George Westinghouse High School, Chicago, Malcolm X 
     College, Chicago, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Selma 
     University, Selma, Alabama, earning the Bachelor of Theology 
     degree in 1985, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, 
     Evanston, Illinois, Master of Theology, currently Reverend 
     Jenkins is a candidate for the Masters in Theological Studies 
     at McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago; and
       Whereas Reverend Jenkins is an experienced pastor, serving 
     as Pastor of New Hope #2 Missionary Baptist Church of 
     Demopolis, Alabama, for six years, in 1988 installed as 
     Pastor of First Union Missionary Baptist Church of Ford 
     Heights, Illinois, where God has prospered the congregation 
     under his ministry; and
       Whereas Reverend Jenkins has served as President of the 
     Ministerial Union of Selma University, Chairman of the Selma 
     Nursing Home Mission, member of the N.A.A.C.P. Selma and 
     Chicago Chapters, Fairview Lodge #26 F & AM, the Chicago 
     Westside Ministers Conference, Garrett-Evangelical Black 
     Seminarians, currently President of the Ford Heights 
     Ministers Fellowship: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Congress of the United States wishes to 
     acknowledge the accomplishments of The Reverend William 
     Jenkins, Jr. by entering these accomplishments into the 
     Congressional Record and archives of the one hundred and 
     third Congress.

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