[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 120 (Wednesday, September 29, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1726]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO DR. LEONARD H. SHAMBERGER

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                          HON. DONALD M. PAYNE

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 28, 2004

  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor a 
distinguished member of my hometown of Newark, New Jersey, Dr. Leonard 
H. Shamberger, who will be retiring from the Pastorate of Emanuel 
Missionary Baptist Church on October 2, 2004.
  Born in North Carolina in 1923, he honorably served this country as a 
Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Army, then pursued his education by 
attending the A&T State University in Greensboro, North Carolina, and 
later received his BA from the New York School of the Bible, an MA in 
Theology from the Bowles Bible Institute of Technicality, and a 
Doctorate of Divinity from Rankin's Theological Clinic.
  Dr. Shamberger has established radio and prison ministries, the 
Mission to Haiti, the Food Pantry, Summer Vacation Bible School for 
children in our city, and many other ministries within the church and 
the surrounding community.
  He has received many honors, including an Award for Religion for the 
Eugene and Barbara Byers Foundation, a Community Excellence Award, the 
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Church Award, multiple Global Ministries 
Awards, the Municipal Council Resolution Award for 25 Years of Service 
from the Mayor's Office, and the First Family Award for 2003.
  He is a Board Member of the Nellie Grier Senior Day Care Center, a 
Finance Committee member of the City Wide Revival Committee, and an 
Honorary Member of the Original Free Will Baptist Annual Conference of 
America. He is also a member of the General Baptist and the National 
Baptist Convention, USA, the Hampton University Ministers Conference, 
the Ordination Council of the New Hope Missionary Baptist Association, 
the North Jersey Committee of Black Churchmen, the Ministers Advisory 
Committee at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the Senior Citizen 
Partnership with Nelly Grier Adult Day Care, and the Baptist Ministers' 
Conference of Newark and Vicinity.
  I am grateful for Dr. Shamberger's leadership in the community, and I 
value his commitment to meeting the needs of his brothers and sisters 
in Newark, the United States, and around the world.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in extending my thanks to Dr. Shamberger 
for his many years of pastoral ministry, and I invite my colleagues to 
join me in wishing him a restful and rewarding retirement, surrounded 
by the love of family, friends, and fellow believers.

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