[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 17, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H7856]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


               INTRODUCTION OF DR. BILLY FRANKLIN HUDGINS

  (Mr. ADERHOLT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize our guest 
chaplain, Dr. Billy Franklin Hudgins. Dr. Hudgins has served selflessly 
as a pastor in Louisiana, South Carolina, and now in the district I 
represent in Alabama where he's the senior pastor of Cross Creek 
Community Church of Hokes Bluff, Alabama.
  In addition to pastoral work, Dr. Hudgins has also been very involved 
with both State and national church leadership organizations. Among the 
honors he's received, he's served as president of the Alabama Baptist 
Convention Pastors Conference. He also served as trustee of the 
International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.
  Dr. Hudgins has been a teacher and a coach over the course of his 
career. He has spent 5 years as a bi-vocational pastor and 35 years in 
churches belonging to the Southern Baptist Convention. If that wasn't 
enough, at a time when others look toward retirement, at the age of 60, 
Dr. Bill Hudgins helped start the church he currently serves in Hokes 
Bluff.
  Dr. Hudgins is joined in Washington today by his wife, Connie, with 
whom he'll be celebrating 46 years of marriage in a matter of weeks. 
I'm honored to welcome Dr. Billy Hudgins as our guest here in the 
United States House of Representatives this morning as someone who is a 
servant and has spent his career as a follower of Jesus, and one who 
has helped others do the same along life's way.

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