[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 111 (Tuesday, July 27, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1441]
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               HONORING REV. DR. MARK ANTHONY JONES, SR.

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                          HON. DALE E. KILDEE

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 27, 2010

  Mr. KILDEE. Madam Speaker, Christ Fellowship Missionary Baptist 
Church will celebrate the installation of Rev. Dr. Mark Anthony Jones, 
Sr., as their new pastor on Sunday, August 8 in Flint, Michigan.
  Rev. Dr. Mark Anthony Jones, Sr., is the son of Leora Yvonne Jones 
and the late Rev. Dr. Charles William Jones. He was licensed at the age 
of 16 and ordained the following year. He was the pastor of a church in 
Alabama when he took over his father's church in Chicago, the Mount 
Union Missionary Baptist Church. In what he considers one of his 
greatest accomplishments, Reverend Dr. Jones and his wife, Valda, 
founded the Mount Union Missionary Baptist Church of Grand Rapids in 
2007. A nationally known evangelist, Reverend Dr. Jones has preached 
across the United States and in Seoul Korea.
  In addition to his ministerial work, Reverend Dr. Jones found time to 
earn his associate of arts in religious education degree, his bachelor 
of arts in theology degree, his master of divinity degree and his 
doctorate of divinity degree.
  Madam Speaker, I ask the House of Representatives to join me in 
congratulating Rev. Dr. Mark Anthony Jones, Sr., and Christ Fellowship 
Missionary Baptist Church as they celebrate this milestone. Christ 
Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church has been bringing the reality of 
God's love and His plan for salvation through Jesus Christ to the 
people of Flint since the 1920s. Continuing in this tradition, the 
congregation may rejoice in the work they have already accomplished and 
under the leadership of Reverend Dr. Jones embark upon a new era of 
enthusiasm and spiritual growth. I pray God will bless and guide him as 
he brings the message of God's assurance of eternal life to the people 
of our community.

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