[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 74 (Monday, May 19, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E989-E990]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        HONORING DR. FRANK PINKARD, JR. AND KATHI MARTIN-PINKARD

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                            HON. BARBARA LEE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 19, 2003

  Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Reverend Doctor Frank 
Pinkard, Jr. and the marvelous First Lady Mrs. Kathi Martin-Pinkard of 
Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church for their lifetime of ministry and 
community service. They have served as champions of faith and love for 
their congregation at Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church in Oakland, 
California for 18 years.
  Pastor Pinkard began his higher education at Bishop College in 
Dallas, Texas, where he received his B.A. A self-reliant over-achiever, 
he then completed a three-year seminary program in just two years at 
the San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo, California, 
earning his Master's of Divinity. He then went on to receive a Doctrine 
of Divinity from the Urban Black Study Center in Affiliation with the 
Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley. Kathi Martin-Pinkard is also a 
source of joy and endless compassion. Together they have changed the 
lives of many people for the better.
  Pastor Pinkard has demonstrated leadership skills which have 
established his reputation in national and international religious 
circles, as well as the political realm. Among his other roles, Pastor 
Pinkard has served as President of the Interdenominational Ministerial 
Alliance of the East Bay, President of the Baptist Ministers Union of 
Oakland and surrounding vicinity, Moderator of the Oakland Council 
Churches, First Vice President of the United California Baptist State 
Convention, President of the Board of Directors for the African-
American Church Health and Economic Services (ACHES), President of the 
St. Luke's Society, Moderator of the Mt. Zion District Association, and 
Executive Secretary of the Publishing Board of the National Baptist 
Convention of America, Inc. His service to the community is just as 
impressive: Administrative Assistant to the late Assemblyman John J. 
Miller, Commissioner for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency in 
Alameda, and Member of the Alameda County Grand Jury. Between January 
1993 and April 1996, Pastor Pinkard three times received a special 
invitation to the White House by President William J. Clinton. In 1996, 
he served as a member of the National Committee of the Re-Election of 
the President.
  Reverend Pinkard is first and foremost a Pastor. For thirteen years 
he was Pastor of the Faith United Presbyterian Church of Oakland, where 
he oversaw the construction of a new worship facility. He then went on 
to become the Association Executive of the Presbytery of San Francisco. 
On Tuesday, April 9, 1985, he was called by the Evergreen Missionary 
Baptist Church to become their Pastor, succeeding his late Pastor and 
Organizer, Dr. J.L. Richard. For the past eighteen years Pastor Pinkard 
and First Lady Kathi Martin-

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Pinkard have provided devout and dedicated leadership to the Evergreen 
family. He has also been blessed to direct and oversee the construction 
of Evergreen's new worship facility, which was dedicated during a 
month-long celebration in July 2000. Presently, they are overseeing 
construction of Evergreen's Children's Center, which will include a 
``Maya Angelou Reading Room.''
  Finally as we honor Reverend Doctor and First Lady Pinkard today, I 
want to thank them on behalf of the entire 9th Congressional District 
for being great religious and community leaders. Reverend Pinkard and 
Mrs. Kathi Martin-Pinkard have shared their wisdom and provided me 
tremendous support. Most of all, I thank them for their friendship and 
for their prayers.
  I take great pride in joining their friends, colleagues, and members 
of the congregation to salute the extraordinary Pastor Frank Pinkard, 
Jr. and the magnificent First Lady Kathi Martin-Pinkard.

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