[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 43 (Wednesday, April 13, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H1899]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           RECOGNIZING PASTOR CURT DODD'S MINISTRY FOR CHRIST

  (Mr. TERRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TERRY. Madam Speaker, I have the distinct honor to recognize 
Pastor Curt Dodd, our guest chaplain in the House of Representatives 
today, and I also want to thank him for his thoughtful and inspiring 
prayer.
  Dr. Dodd began his ministry as an intern at the First Baptist Church 
in Houston, Texas, in 1973. He was called to serve as associate pastor 
and then senior pastor at several Texas churches before shepherding the 
Metropolitan Baptist Church in Houston. Under Dr. Dodd's pastoral 
leadership, ``the Met'' received recognition as one of the fastest 
growing churches in Texas and the Southern Baptist Convention.
  From 1995 to 1999, Dr. Dodd was called by God to leave his successful 
ministry at the church to start a church in Pueblo, Colorado, one of 
that State's most under-reached areas. With his trademark enthusiasm 
and commitment to the Lord, he initiated several other church plants, 
including Fellowship of the Rockies in Colorado Springs. He then went 
to Florida to Merit Island, and now serves as the senior pastor of 
Westside Church in Omaha, Nebraska, where my family and I attend.
  Dr. Dodd is also an accomplished author of three books: Add One to 
Grow On; Hearts on Fire--the Keys to Dynamic Church Growth; and Running 
on Empty in the Fast Lane.
  With a heart for the local church and kingdom expansion, he has 
served on various national and international denominational boards, but 
his greatest accomplishments are seen in the eyes of the men and women 
who have heard and accepted the message he brings, that Jesus is our 
Lord and Saviour who died for our sins.
  Madam Speaker, I know that I speak for my colleagues when I say we 
are proud and honored to have Dr. Dodd with us today.

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