[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 32 (Thursday, March 13, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E466-E467]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO BISHOP DAISY B. GARVIN

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                          HON. JOSE E. SERRANO

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 13, 1997

  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Bishop Daisy 
B. Garvin for her long and dedicated service to the community.
  Bishop Garvin was born in Savannah, GA in 1924. She moved to New York 
City where she earned a bachelors degree from the Manhattan Bible 
Institute in 1958.
  Over the past 35 years, Bishop Garvin has served as the pastor of the 
Greater Revivaltime House of Prayer. She is also the spiritual leader 
of Greater Revivaltime House of Prayer International, Inc. which 
oversees churches in New York, Virginia, South Carolina, and Florida.
  Her ministry started in the Bronx in 1962 and was later moved to 
Harlem, where she served for 25 years. In 1990, the church was moved 
back to the Bronx, where she continues to faithfully serve the members 
of her ministry.
  Through her church, Bishop Garvin has given to those in need, both of 
spiritual guidance and physical strength. With compassion and the 
strength of a spiritual leader, she has fed the hungry, clothed the 
poor, sheltered the homeless, succored the sick, and guided the young.
  Bishop Garvin has helped reintegrate teenage runaways back into their 
families and communities, and has assisted the victims of drug abuse 
and AIDS. She has also tutored children and adults in math, reading and 
writing. Her mission has been to set people free from the bondage of 
poverty, despair, and sin.
  Her formal education also includes a doctorate in Philosophical 
Theology from Unite Christian College, a doctorate in Divinity and a 
bachelors degree in Theology, these two from Dr. Rosalie Singleton 
School.
  Bishop Garvin has served as a member of the board of directors of the 
United Covenant Sisters and Brothers International, Inc., the

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board of elders of the Morris Cerullo World Evangelism, and as a member 
of Dr. Frederick K. Price's Ever Increasing Faith Network. She is also 
the president and founder of the Leadership Training School of 
Ministry.
  Bishop Garvin has been honored with the Great Women in History award 
by Bronx Borough president Fernando Ferrer, the Award of Excellence by 
the National Black Association of Minority Business Women, and the 
Woman of Excellence Award by the New Greater Bethel Ministries, to name 
just a few.
  She is the widow of Mr. Arthur Garvin, with whom she had a daughter 
who has followed in her footsteps, Reverend Juanita Davis.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Bishop Daisy 
B. Garvin for her longstanding commitment and dedication to those in 
need in the community.

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