[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 12 (Wednesday, February 4, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H311]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    WELCOMING DR. MICHAEL J. EASLEY

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to welcome Dr. Michael J. 
Easley to the floor of the Congress today to open what will be a very 
important session day in the life of this Congress in prayer.
  Dr. Easley is senior pastor of the Immanuel Bible Church in 
Springfield, Virginia, and has been in that role for over a decade. He 
came to the region of the Nation's Capital, however, from Grand 
Prairie, Texas, where he served in ministry. He recently obtained his 
Doctorate of Ministry from Dallas Theological Seminary, where he also 
received a Master's of Theology in 1985.
  Dr. Michael J. Easley, Michael to his friends and to the members of 
his church, is a man after God's own heart. He preaches the word of God 
with conviction and with sincerity and with clarity. In every sense as 
a family on the occasions we find ourselves in the Nation's Capital and 
find ourselves in the pews of his church, on those weekends I can 
testify, Mr. Speaker, that Dr. Michael J. Easley is, as the Scripture 
says, a workman approved, rightly able to handle the word of truth.
  It is my profound honor to welcome him and to thank his wonderful 
wife, Cindy, and his four children, Hanna, Jessie, Devin, and Sarah for 
their contribution to the life and Ministry of Christ in this region of 
our Nation.

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