[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 131 (Wednesday, October 3, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H6165-H6166]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   WELCOMING DR. JAMES SCUDDER, SENIOR PASTOR OF QUENTIN ROAD BIBLE 
                BAPTIST CHURCH IN LAKE ZURICH, ILLINOIS

  (Mr. CRANE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CRANE. Mr. Speaker, today it is my honor to welcome Dr. James 
Scudder as our guest chaplain. Dr. Scudder is a senior pastor of my 
church, the Quentin Road Bible Baptist Church, in Lake Zurich, 
Illinois.
  In 1972, Dr. Scudder founded the Chicago Bible Church in a 
storefront. He migrated up to Chicago area from Kentucky. Well, 
actually, I do not know whether he went by way of Indiana en route, as 
Lincoln did, but he finally got to Illinois and he founded the church 
there. Then he expanded that church by moving out to Lake Zurich, 
Illinois. He has gone from a storefront church to a church that is 
70,000 square feet. It is one of the biggest, or the biggest, in our 
area there. In addition to that, it has one of the largest 
congregations, in the thousands.
  Dr. Scudder is the president also of Dayspring Bible College. He 
founded a school, grammar school, high school, and a college there. He 
is the host of the weekly TV broadcast, the Quentin Road Bible Hour, 
which is seen here on WGN-TV. He is the host of a radio program called 
Victory and Grace. In addition, Dr. Scudder is the author of several 
books.
  He simultaneously is married to one of the most remarkable talents, 
Linda Scudder. She is an expert pianist, but she also leads the choir, 
and they have one of the largest choirs in the entire State of 
Illinois, and do remarkable performances every Sunday.
  To show his additional talents, he has a son, one son named Jim, Jim, 
Jr., who is now also a pastor in his father's footsteps. He does as 
stirring a job in the pulpit, almost, as his father does. He is 
challenging him already. So whenever Pastor Scudder is traveling on 
missionary work, and he does that around the world, his son, Pastor 
Jim, Jr., fills in for him.
  There is someone else, Pastor Bob Vanden Bosch, that I would like to 
recognize, who also works in the Quentin Road Bible Baptist Church, but 
spends a lot of time down in our State Capitol of Springfield, 
Illinois, trying to convert the heathen in Springfield.

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  I would like to ask all of the Members to join me in welcoming my 
good friend and our pastor, Dr. Scudder, as our guest chaplain.

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