[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 52 (Thursday, April 15, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E671]
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                    HONORING PASTOR RODNEY H. TRAVIS

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                          HON. JAMES M. TALENT

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 15, 1999

  Mr. TALENT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with the honor and pleasure of 
recognizing Pastor Rodney H. Travis of the First Baptist Church in 
Ellisville, Missouri. Pastor Travis will open today's session of the 
United States House of Representatives with the invocation. Pastor 
Travis is a generous and eloquent man, and he offers a moving 
invocation.
  Pastor Travis is an outstanding member of the St. Louis community. 
Pastor Travis and his wife Karen Sue and their children Shawn Renae and 
Tiffany Hope have been in Missouri since 1982, serving at the First 
Baptist Church in Jackson, Missouri before coming to Ellisville in 
1995. Over the last four years, he has diligently served his 
congregation and the community.
  Pastor Travis has served God in many ways since receiving his Master 
of Divinity from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1979 and 
later his Doctor of Ministry from Vanderbilt University in 1979. He has 
served as Trustee of Missouri Baptist College and has held numerous 
positions with the Missouri Baptist Convention, including serving as 
President from 1991-1992. He has volunteered as chaplain in Tennessee 
prison system and as a Police Department Chaplain. His words have 
served as inspiration to thousands through the Sunday School lessons he 
wrote for the Baptist publication World and Way and for the Baptist 
Sunday School Board ``Listening in Prayer.'' He also has been named to 
the International Mission Board Trustee and will serve in this capacity 
until 2003.
  Mr. Speaker, I am honored to be able to introduce Pastor Travis to 
the United States House of Representatives, and I am moved that he has 
accepted this honor and will share with us his blessing.

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