[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 83 (Thursday, June 20, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S5791]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  WELCOMING GUEST CHAPLAIN BOB RUSSELL

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, the Senate has had an opportunity this 
morning to hear from one of the most distinguished spiritual leaders in 
America. He happens to be an individual who lives in my hometown of 
Louisville, KY, the senior minister at Southeast Christian Church, Bob 
Russell, who ministers to literally thousands of individuals in 
Louisville, southern Indiana, and surrounding areas. He built his 
church over a number of decades from a small group of individuals who 
gathered in a basement-like structure to a mighty building, but the 
program there is much more than a building. The magic of his ministry 
and those who are associated with him has attracted an enormous number 
of people and has changed the lives, literally, of tens of thousands of 
people in that area of our country.
  What a privilege it has been to have him with us this morning. The 
Senate has had a rare opportunity to hear from really one of the great 
ministers of America.

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