[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 60 (Wednesday, May 13, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E841]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO PASTOR G.L. JOHNSON

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                       HON. GEORGE P. RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 13, 1998

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Pastor 
G.L. Johnson, Senior Pastor of the Peoples Church of Fresno, 
California. Pastor Johnson is celebrating 35 years of exceptional 
religious service at the Peoples Church of Fresno.
  G.L. Johnson was born in Houston, Texas on February 24, 1928. In 
1950, G.L. Johnson married Jacqueline (Jackie) Cockerell, and in 1953 
they had their only daughter Cindy. Pastor Johnson attended Navarro 
Junior College of Corsicana, Texas; Southwestern Assembly of God 
College of Waxahachie, Texas; and Mennonite Biblical Seminary of 
Fresno, California. He was ordained in Fort Worth, Texas in 1951.
  In the Ministry, Pastor Johnson served as Youth Minister throughout 
the United States from 1946-1952. He served as a pastor in Corsicana, 
Texas from 1951-1953 and served as a Statewide Evangelist from 1953-
1957. G.L. Johnson moved on to serve as a Pastor in Owensboro, Kentucky 
from 1957-1958 and then in Tallahassee, Florida from 1958-1961. He was 
the Associate Director of a Latin American Orphanage from 1961-1963. 
G.L. Johnson currently serves as Senior Pastor at the Peoples Church of 
Fresno where he has been serving since 1963.
  Some of the many awards and recognition that Pastor Johnson has 
received include the Distinguished Service Award from the City of 
Fresno, acting as Mayor of Fresno for the Day in 1973 and 1987, and 
being recognized as a Distinguished Minister by the California 
Theological Seminary Hall. He received the P.C. Nelson Distinguished 
Alumnus Award from Southwestern College and the Calab Encouragement 
award. He is the author of ``How to Conduct a Stewardship Campaign in 
the Local Church'' and the ``Loneliness Booklet.''
  Mr. Speaker, it is with great honor that I pay tribute to Pastor G.L. 
Johnson for 35 years of service to the Peoples Church in Fresno, 
California. I applaud his commitment and dedication to Christianity, 
and his effort to strengthen religion in the community is commendable. 
I ask my colleagues to join me in wishing Pastor G.L. Johnson many more 
years of success.

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