[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 71 (Thursday, May 1, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H2951]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  INTRODUCTION OF REV. GARY STRICKLAND

  (Mr. McINTYRE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McINTYRE. Madam Speaker, I'm pleased today to introduce the 
Reverend Gary Strickland who just delivered the invocation for the U.S. 
House as we, as a Nation, begin this National Day of Prayer, a time 
when communities across America will be joining in prayer for our 
country today.
  And what better person to begin this day than a man whose ministry 
has carried him across North Carolina, touching people from all walks 
of life, from the booming coastal city of Wilmington to rural 
communities like Pikeville, Wilson, and Little Washington, North 
Carolina, to the All-American cities of Fayetteville and Lumberton.
  The former Christian Education Director for the North Carolina 
Conference of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church, Gary now 
pastors a vibrant, nondenominational, multicultural church named 
Kingdom Place that is growing exponentially and has a wide-ranging 
ministry that shares God's love and the redeeming power of Jesus 
Christ.
  Born and reared in Southeastern North Carolina, he is married to my 
sister, Karon McIntyre Strickland, who's with us today, and they have 
two children, Joel and Amy; two grandsons, Bailey and Bentley; and a 
son-in-law, Steve.
  Gary is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke 
where he served as student body president. He received his master's in 
religious education at Duke and his master's of divinity from 
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
  As my brother-in-law, I'm particularly honored to have had him open 
us today on the National Day of Prayer.

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