[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 128 (Wednesday, September 22, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1703]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CELEBRATING DR. GEORGE D. CRENSHAW ON HIS 6TH ANNIVERSARY AS PASTOR OF 
                   THE SHAW TEMPLE A.M.E. ZION CHURCH

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                            HON. DAVID SCOTT

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 22, 2010

  Mr. SCOTT of Georgia. Madam Speaker, it is my honor to congratulate 
Dr. George D. Crenshaw on the occasion of his 6th year anniversary as 
Pastor of the Shaw Temple A.M.E. Zion Church.
  For over two decades, Dr. George D. Crenshaw has served as a pastor 
in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and was appointed pastor 
of Shaw Temple in October of 2004. Under his compelling leadership, the 
church and its congregation has become larger, more spiritual, and more 
financially secure. In his first four years, the church received over 
800 new members, making Shaw Temple the fastest growing A.M.E. Zion 
church in the South. Pastor Crenshaw founded the Shaw Temple Biblical & 
Leadership Institute, of which he is a former president. He also 
developed the Five-Fold Ministry, which responds to the spiritual, 
social and physical needs of the congregation from conversion 
throughout their spiritual journey. As a venerated leader in the 
church, Pastor Crenshaw has formed forty other ministries at Shaw 
Temple.
  Additionally, Pastor Crenshaw continues to serve the global 
ecumenical community as an Executive Board Member of the World 
Methodist Council. In 2008 the Pastor and Mrs. Crenshaw led an Overseas 
Medical Mission and Evangelism team to Monrovia, Liberia to set up a 
medical clinic at Brown Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church. Upon learning that 
some people walked as long as three days to receive medical attention, 
the team felt the urgency to return in 2009. They also set up a clinic 
at Cartwright A.M.E. Zion in Brewerville, Liberia and Good Shepherd 
Episcopal Church in Paynesville, Liberia. Overall, the team has 
provided free medical services and supplies to over 980 patients. 
Pastor Crenshaw and the Medical Mission and Evangelism Team will travel 
back to Monrovia in February of 2011 to continue their efforts. Pastor 
Crenshaw and the Shaw Temple A.M.E. Zion church were honored to host 
the 48th Quadrennial Session of the General Conference of the African 
Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
  Madam Speaker, fellow Members of Congress, please join me in honoring 
Dr. Crenshaw for his many achievements as Pastor of the Shaw Temple 
A.M.E. Zion Church.

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