[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 64 (Thursday, May 15, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S4507]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           THE GUEST CHAPLAIN

  Mr. FAIRCLOTH. Mr. President, the Reverend Greg Mathis, pastor of Mud 
Creek Baptist Church in Hendersonville, NC, is one of our outstanding 
ministers from North Carolina. Reverend Mathis graduated from 
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC, and he 
has pastored Mud Creek for 20 years. During that time, the church 
experienced a remarkable growth under his leadership. Reverend Mathis 
is serving his second term as president of the North Carolina Baptist 
State Convention. The North Carolina Baptist State Convention is the 
foremost religious organization in North Carolina. It has 3,600 
churches and represents 1.2 million worshipers.
  Reverend Mathis' wife, Deborah, is with us today, and his three 
children are back in North Carolina attending school. Also with 
Reverend Mathis today is the chairman of the board of deacons, Greg 
Corn, and his wife, Susie.
  It is a distinct honor and my pleasure to have Rev. Greg Mathis as 
our guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate today and to have led us in our 
opening prayer. I thank him for being here.

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