[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 68 (Thursday, May 26, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                   TRIBUTE TO BISHOP REESE PRICE, 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, Bishop Reese Price, Jr., of the Victory 
Apostolic Faith Church. Attached is a proclamation I issued Bishop 
Price commending him for his work.

                              Proclamation

       Whereas Bishop Reese Price, Jr. was the seventh son, the 
     last of twelve children born to Reese and Hannah Price in Lee 
     County, in the hills of Haynes, Arkansas. Bishop Price and 
     his late wife Dovetta Marie Sloan are the proud parents of 
     twelve children. God blessed him to find love again after the 
     untimely death of his late wife and to marry the former Ruth 
     Shaw; and
       Whereas Bishop Price was Called by God to the Ministry 
     November 4, 1957, he received the Bachelor of Religious 
     Education from the International Bible Institute and 
     Seminary, he is the Founder and Pastor of the Victory 
     Apostolic Faith Church established July 10, 1961 growing 
     spiritually, in numbers, and in its facilities. The church 
     moved to May street in 1971, and added the ``Dovetta Annex'' 
     in 1990 to accommodate the growth in membership; and
       Whereas Bishop Price is a Churchman he was elevated to 
     District Elder of the Pentecostal Churches of The Apostolic 
     Faith, and was Ordained Bishop in August 1987, he is a former 
     Chairman of the Illinois Council and Vice President of the 
     Pentecostal Churches of the Apostolic Faith Board of 
     Directors, Vice President of the Midwest Apostolic Bible 
     College, member of the Ordination Committee, Overseer and 
     Treasurer of Foreign Missions, Diocesan Bishop of Oklahoma 
     and Arkansas; and
       Whereas Bishop Price is a dedicated man of God and a 
     Humanitarian, committed to serving the whole person, he 
     provides free counseling, food pantry and the Victory 
     Christian Centers providing a thrift store, free clothing for 
     foreign missions, free school supplies, free tutoring. He is 
     the overseer for mission work in Liberia West Africa and 
     Haiti, with a trade school, an Orphanage, and three grade 
     schools, including medical care for the children, 
     transportation, clothing, and agricultural projects to feed 
     the people and provide income. Bishop Price is the author of 
     a book entitled, ``We Are Fixed'': Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Congress of the United States wishes to 
     acknowledge the accomplishments of Bishop Reese Price, Jr. 
     and the Victory Apostolic Faith Church, Chicago, Illinois by 
     entering these accomplishments into the Congressional Record 
     and Archives of the One Hundred and Third Congress.

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