[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 76 (Tuesday, May 20, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E789-E790]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
COMMENDING AMERICAN CHRISTIAN LEADERS FOR STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH
CHRISTIANS AND OTHER SMALL RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN EGYPT, IRAQ AND
SYRIA
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HON. FRANK R. WOLF
of virginia
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, yesterday I submitted the full text of the
Pledge of Solidarity and Call to Action on Behalf of Christians and
Other Small Religious Communities in Egypt, Iraq and Syria, signed by
well over 200 U.S. Christian leaders. These individuals, representing
the American church, have recognized the gravity of the situation
facing religious minorities in these countries, and by signing the
pledge have agreed to speak out on behalf of these ancient faith
communities. Below is the full list of signatories to the Pledge:
Fr. Tateos R. Abdalian; Rt. Rev. Keith L Ackerman, Bishop
Vicar of the Diocese of Quincy, Anglican Church in North
America; Susan Agel, Resurrection Free Methodist Church;
Charles P. Ajalat; Jhonny Alicea-Baez, Director of Global
Missions, Reformed Church in America; Rt. Rev. Kevin Bond
Allen, Bishop, Diocese of Cascadia, Anglican Church in North
America; Rt. Rev. Roger C. Ames, Diocese of the Great Lakes,
Anglican Church in North America; Melodee Andersen, Wooddale
Church; Rt. Rev. David Craig Anderson, Sr., American Anglican
Council; Dr. Leith Anderson, National Association of
Evangelicals; Fr. Bishoy Andrawes, St. Mark Coptic Orthodox
Church, Washington, DC; Auday P. Arabo, Associated Food and
Petroleum Dealers; Don Argue, EdD, Ambassador at Large,
Convoy Of Hope; Maged Atiya, Physicist, Businessman; Rt. Rev.
Will G. Atwood, III, Bishop, International Diocese, Anglican
Church in North America; Toufic Baaklini, In Defense of
Christians; Wade Baho, Syriacs Assembly Movement; Dr. Mark L.
Bailey, Dallas Theological Seminary; Dr. Ryan Baker, Redeemer
Presbyterian Church (USA), Louisville, KY.
Bashir Bakoz, Syriacs Assembly Movement; Rt. Rev. Thad
Barnum, Bishop, PEARUSA, Anglican Church in North America;
Gary Bauer, American Values; Rt. Rev. Dr. Foley Beach,
Bishop, Diocese of the South, Anglican Church in North
America; Chorbishop Seely Beggiani, Professor of Theology,
Catholic University of America; Mindy Belz, Editor, World
Magazine; Rt. Rev. David Bena, Assisting Bishop, Diocese of
CANA East Anglican Church in North America; William Bennett;
Prof Thomas E. Bird, CUNY; Joel Boot, Christian Reformed
Church in North America; Gerard V. Bradley, Professor of Law,
University of Notre Dame; Rt. Rev. Dr. Steven Breedlove,
Presiding Bishop, PEARUSA, Anglican Church in North America;
Douglas Britton, Missionary, Global Outreach Mission; Kurt
Brown, Pastor, Living Springs Community Church; Most Rev. Tod
Brown, Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of
Orange; Rt. Rev. David C. Bryan, Bishop, PEARUSA, Anglican
Church in North America; Dwight Burchett, Pastor, Centerpoint
Community Church; Paolo Carozza, University of Notre Dame;
Bishop Kenneth H. Carter, Jr., Resident Bishop, Florida
Conference, United Methodist Church; Joseph Cella, Founder,
National Catholic Prayer Breakfast; Most Rev. Charles J.
Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of the Roman Catholic
Archdiocese of Philadelphia; Bishop Abner Chauke, Free
Methodist Church; Most Rev. David R. Choby, Catholic Diocese
of Nashville; Archbishop Oshagan Cholayan, Armenian Apostolic
Church of America; Evan Alevizatos Chriss, Baltimore, MD;
John E. Chowning, Vice President for Church & External
Relations, Campbellsville University; Betty Clark, Wooddale
Church, Eden Prairie, MN; Luis Cortes, Esperanza; Janice Shaw
Crouse, The Beverly LaHaye Institute; Jim Daly, Focus on the
Family; Dr. Ramsay F. Dass, American Middle East Christians
Congress; Wendy J. Deichmann, United Theological Seminary;
Greg Delamarter, Free Methodist Church; Most Rev. Gerald N.
Dino, Bishop of the Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine
Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix; Rev. Dr. Gilbert Doan; Rt. Rev.
Julian Dobbs, Bishop, Diocese of CANA East, Anglican Church
in North America; Dr. James Dobson, Family Talk; Bill
Donohue, Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights;
Andrew Doran, In Defense of Christians; Hon. Michael S.
Dukakis, former Governor of Massachusetts; W. Cole Durham,
Jr., International Center for Law and Religion Studies,
Brigham Young University; Most Rev. Robert Duncan,
Archbishop, Anglican Church in North America; Dr. John
Eibner, Christian Solidarity International (CSI-USA); Prof.
John P. Entelis, Chair, Department of Political Science,
Fordham University; Gregory R. Erlandson, Our Sunday Visitor
Publishing; Jonathan Falwell, Senior Pastor, Thomas Road
Baptist Church; Fr. Athanasius K. Farag; John Farina,
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, George Mason
University; Thomas Farr, Religious Freedom Project,
Georgetown University; Armando Fernandez, Pastor, The Rock
Church; Harold Fickett, Aleteia America; David F. Forte,
Professor of Law, Cleveland State University; A.J. French,
Sacred Creations; Rt. Rev. Alphonza Gadsden, Sr., Bishop,
Diocese of the Southeast, Reformed Episcopal Church, Anglican
Church in North America; Edward McGlynn Gaffney, Prof. of
International Law and Genocide Studies, Valparaiso, IN; Mr.
Joseph Gamero; Gerry Garbis; Richard W. Garnett, Program on
Church, State & Society, Notre Dame Law School; Most Rev.
John R. Gaydos, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of
Jefferson City; Mimi Geerges, Focal Point Radio; Robert P.
George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Princeton
University; Dr. Timothy George, Beeson Divinity School,
Samford University; Amb. Joseph Ghougassian; Scott Gibbons,
Pastor, Big Rapids Free Methodist Church; Lela Gilbert,
writer; Rt. Rev. R. Charles Gillin, Suffragan Bishop, Diocese
of the Northeast & Mid-Atlantic and Eastern Canada, Reformed
Episcopal Church Anglican Church in North America; Amb. Mary
Ann Glendon; Rt. Rev. Terrell Glenn, Bishop of the Anglican
Church in North America; Katharine Cornell Gorka, Council on
Global Security; Franklin Graham, Samaritan's Purse and Billy
Graham Evangelistic Association; David E. Greer, American
Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East;
Rev. Marcel Guarnizo, Educational Initiative for Central and
Eastern Europe; Rt. Rev. John A. M. Guernsey, Diocese of the
Mid-Atlantic, Anglican Church in North America; Os Guinness,
Author; Mary Habeck, Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise
Institute; Lee Habeeb, Vice President of Content, Salem Radio
Network; John Hajjar, Middle East Christian Committee MECHRIC
USA; Joseph Hakim, International Christian Union; Ambassador
Tony Hall; William Hamel, Evangelical Free Church of America;
George Hankhe, Suryoyo American Association; Joseph W.
Handley, Jr., Asian Access; Jeff Hanna, Pastor, Living Hope
Free Methodist Church; Dr. Samir Hanna; Tom Harb, American
Maronite Union; Rev. Jose Hernandez, Free Methodist Church--
USA; Allen D. Hertzke, David Ross Boyd Professor of Political
Science at the University of Oklahoma;
Rt. Rev. David L. Hicks, Bishop of the Diocese of the
Northeast & Mid-Atlantic and Eastern Canada, Reformed
Episcopal Church Anglican Church in North America; Alec Hill,
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship; Waiel Afram Hindo,
Professor; Dennis P. Hollinger, Gordon Conwell Theological
Seminary; Rev. Dr. Joel C. Hunter, Senior Pastor, Northland--
A Church Distributed; Bill Hybels, Founder and Senior Pastor,
Willow Creek Community Church; Lynne Hybels, Advocate for
Global Engagement, Willow Creek Community Church; Rt. Rev.
Jack L. Iker, Bishop of Fort Worth, Anglican Church in North
America; Rt. Rev. William H. Ilgenfritz, Bishop of the
Missionary Diocese of All Saints Anglican Church in North
America; Bassam Ishak; Wally Jadan, MEA TV and Radio; Ned
Jalou, United Christians Organization; Dr. Jerry A. Johnson,
National Religious Broadcasters; Dr. Douglas M. Johnston,
International Center for Religion & Diplomacy; Rt. Rev. Derek
Jones, Bishop of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy, Anglican
Church in North America; Kristine Kalanges, Associate
Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame; Asaad Kalasho,
Iraqi American Christian Language Association; George
Karcazes, Executive Board Member, Orthodox Christian Laity;
Joseph T. Kassab, Iraqi Christians Advocacy and Empowerment
Institute; Ismat Karmo, Nineveh Council of America; Bishop
David W. Kendall, Free Methodist Church--USA; Magdi Khalil,
Coptic Solidarity International; Dr. Audisho Khoshaba, US
Rep. of the Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council; Sami
Khoury, World Maronite Union; Rev. Dr. Walter Kim, Park
Street Church; Rev. Mrs. Martha Kirkpatrick, Free Methodist
Church; Melanie Kirkpatrick, author; Rev. Mr. Virgil (Jim)
Eugene Kirkpatrick, Free Methodist Church; Msgr. John E.
Kozar, Catholic Near East Welfare Association; Sami Kurter,
Suryoyo American Association; Daniel Kurtz, Vice-President,
The Free Methodist Foundation; Dr. Richard Land, Southern
Evangelical Seminary; Cheryl Laske, Green Oak Free Methodist
Church; Rt. Rev. Dr. Quigg Lawrence, Bishop, PEARUSA,
Anglican Church in North America; Rt. Rev. Neil G. Lebhar,
Bishop of the Gulf Atlantic Diocese, Anglican Church in North
America; Most Rev. Peter Libasci, Bishop of the Roman
Catholic Diocese of Manchester; Rt. Rev. Richard Lipka,
Suffragan Bishop of the Missionary Diocese of All Saints
Anglican Church in North America; Jim Liske, Fellowship
Ministries; Rt. Rev. Clark W. P. Lowenfield, Bishop of the
Anglican Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast Anglican Church in
North America; Michael Lunceford; Michael Lundberg, Valley
Baptist Church; Jo Anne Lyon, General Superintendent,
Wesleyan Church; Rt. Rev. Frank Lyons, Assistant
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Bishop, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Anglican Church in North
America; Most Rev. Denis Madden, Auxiliary Bishop of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore; Beverly Maier,
Pastor, Free Methodist Church; Martin Manna, Chaldean
American Chamber of Commerce; Most Rev. Gregory John Mansour,
Bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn; Dr. Noon i
Mansour, United Chaldean Democratic Forum; Rt. Rev. Peter
Manto, Suffragan Bishop, Diocese of the Central States,
Reformed Episcopal Church Anglican Church in North America;
His Eminence Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Armenian
Apostolic Church of the Western United States; John Marks;
Michael J. Marks; Nikki Marks; George J. Marlin, Aid to the
Church in Need-USA; Paul Marshall, Senior Fellow, Hudson
Institute, Center for Religious Freedom; Peter Marudas;
George Matsoukas, Executive Director, Orthodox Christian
Laity; Kevin McBride, Pastor, Raymond Baptist Church; Rt.
Rev. Dorsey W. M. McConnell, D.D., Bishop, Episcopal Diocese
of Pittsburgh; Prof. Michael W. McConnell, Stanford
University;
Bill Mefford, Director of Civil and Human Rights, United
Methodist Church General Board of Church and Society;
Margaret B. Melady, Ph.D.; Rt. Rev. Dr. Eric Vawter Menees,
Bishop of the Diocese of San Joaquin, Anglican Church in
North America; His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios of Boston,
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America; Fr. Christopher
Metropoulos, Orthodox Christian Network; Rt. Rev. John E.
Miller, III, Bishop of the Anglican Church in North America;
Myron M. Miller, Retired Professor, Michigan State
University; David Moberg, Professor of Sociology Emeritus,
Marquette University; Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary; Johnnie Moore, Senior Vice
President, Liberty University; Dr. Russell D. Moore, Southern
Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission; W. Allen
Morris, The Allen Morris Company; Anne Morse, The Chuck
Colson Center for Christian Worldview; Rt. Rev. Dan Morse,
Bishop, Diocese of the Central States, Reformed Episcopal
Church Anglican Church in North America; Rt. Rev. Winfield
Mott, Bishop of the Diocese of the West, Anglican Church in
North America; Most Rev. Mikael Mouradian, Bishop of the
Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg for Armenian Catholics in the
USA and Canada; Mark L. Movsesian, Center for Law and
Religion, St. John's University School of Law; Jimmy Mulla,
Voices for Sudan Inc.; Rt. Rev. William L. Murdoch, Bishop of
the Anglican Diocese in New England, Anglican Church in North
America; Brian C. Murphy, Member of the Board of Trustees,
American Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the
Middle East; Most Rev. William F. Murphy, Bishop of the Roman
Catholic Diocese of Rockville Center; William J. Murray,
Religious Freedom Coalition; Penny Young Nance, Concerned
Women for America; George P. Nassos, Sts Peter & Paul Greek
Orthodox Church, Glenview, IL; Andrew Natsios, Executive
Professor, Texas A&M University; Jerry Newcombe, Truth in
Action Ministries; George Nicholaou, Downers Grove, IL; Gerry
Nicholaou, Downers Grove, IL; Tamer Nicola, businessperson;
Dave Nona, Chaldean Federation of America; Michael Novak, US
Ambassador to the Human Rights Commission of the UN 1981-83
and the Helsinki Commission Bern Round 1985; Archdeacon David
Oancea, Chancellor, Romanian Diocese, Orthodox Church in
America; Most Rev. Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of the Roman
Catholic Diocese of Phoenix; Rt. Rev. Dr. Felix Orji, Bishop
of the Missionary Diocese of the West, Anglican Church in
North America; Robert Ozgun, Head of Foreign Affairs, Suryoyo
American Association; Most Rev. Richard E. Pates, Bishop of
the Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines; Doug Perkins,
Teaching Elder, Heritage Presbytery; Tony Perkins, Family
Research Council; Dr. Walid Phares, Professor; Daniel
Philpott, Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of
Notre Dame; Pepper Pike, Vice President, Orthodox Christian
Laity; Lee Poteracki, Deer Park, IL; Kirsten Powers,
Columnist; Dr. Elizabeth H. Prodromou, Visiting Assoc. Prof.,
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; Bob
Poydasheff, Col. (Ret.) USA,, Former Mayor of Columbus, GA;
Samira Qasguargis, Iraqi Human Rights Society; Grover Joseph
Rees, U.S. Amb. (Retired); Steve Rembert, Pastor,
Presbyterian Church; Nermien Riad, Coptic Orphans; Most Rev.
Leonard W. Riches, Presiding Bishop, Reformed Episcopal
Church Anglican Church in North America; Rev. Protobresbyter
Martin Ritsi, Orthodox Christian Mission Center; Senior
Pastor Ed Rob, The Woodlands United Methodist Church of
Texas; Rev. Ronald G. Roberson, Secretariat for Ecumenical
and Interreligious Affairs, United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops; Larry Roberts, Chief Operating Officer,
Free Methodist Church--USA; Bishop David Roller, Free
Methodist Church; Rt. Rev. Ken Ross, Bishop, PEARUSA,
Anglican Church in North America;
Ronald D. Rotunda, Doy & Dee Henley Chair and Distinguished
Professor of Jurisprudence, Chapman University; Nabil
Roumayah, Iraqi Democratic Union of America; Emanuel L.
Rouvelas, Washington, DC; Marilyn Rouvelas, Arlington, VA;
Mar Awa Royel, Bishop of California & Secretary of the Holy
Synod, Assyrian Church of the East; Most Rev. Mitchell
Rozanski, Seton Vicar, Vicar for Hispanic Ministries of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore; Rt. Rev. Stewart E.
Ruch II, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of the Upper Midwest
Anglican Church in North America; Dr. Zina Salem, Chaldean
and Middle Eastern Social Services; Gabriel Salguero,
National Latino Evangelical Coalition; Most Rev. Nicholas J.
Samra, Eparchial Bishop of Newton, Melkite Catholic Church in
the USA; William Saunders, Human Rights Lawyer, Washington,
DC; Mark Schlechty, Pastor, Free Methodist; Most Rev.
Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop and Primate, The
Episcopal Church; Rt. Rev. Sam Seamans, Assisting Bishop,
Diocese of Mid-America, Reformed Episcopal Church Anglican
Church in North America; Stacy Sennott; Timothy Samuel Shah,
Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs,
Georgetown University; Jane Shallal, Chaldean American Ladies
of Charity; Linda Shea, West Orange, New Jersey; Nina Shea,
Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom; Peter J.
Shea, New York, New York; Dr. Ronald J Sider, Evangelicals
for Social Action; William Simon, Jr., Co-Chairman, William
E. Simon and Sons; Most Rev. William Skylstad, Bishop
Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane; David M.
Stanley, United Methodist Action Steering Committee/Director
and Treasurer, Institute on Religion and Democracy; Jean Leu
Stanley, United Methodist Action Steering Committee; Paul R.
Stanley, Political Opinion Editor, The Christian Post; Rt.
Rev. James M. Stanton, Bishop of Dallas; Peter Steinfels,
University Professor Emeritus, Fordham University; Rev.
Columba Stewart, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library,
Collegeville, Minnesota; Dave Stone, Senior Pastor, Southeast
Christian Church, Louisville, Kentucky; Helen Rhea Stumbo,
Institute on Religion and Democracy; Rt. Rev. Ray R. Sutton,
Bishop Coadjutor, Diocese of Mid-America, Reformed Episcopal
Church Anglican Church in North America; Msgr. Stuart W.
Swetland, Archbishop Flynn Professor of Christian Ethics,
Mount St. Mary's University; Very Rev. Archimandrite Dr.
Nathanael Symeonides; Dr. L. Roy Taylor, Stated Clerk of the
General Assembly, Presbyterian Church in America; Very Rev.
Dr. Justyn Terry, Trinity School for Ministry; Alan B.
Terwilleger, Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview;
Helen Theodoropoulos, Skokie, IL; Bishop Matthew Thomas, Free
Methodist Church--USA; Rev. Clancy Thompson, Free Methodist
Church of NA; Rt. Rev. William A. Thompson, Bishop of the
Diocese of Western Anglicans, Anglican Church in North
America; Peter Tremblay, Pastor, Free Methodist Church; Mark
Tooley, Institute on Religion and Democracy; Fr. Joseph
Varghese, Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox
Church; Rt. Rev. William C. Wantland, Assisting Bishop of
Fort Worth, Anglican Church in North America; Mark L. Wasef,
Esq.; Jim Wallis, Sojourners; John P. Walters, Hudson
Institute; Todd Watkins, Pastor, Liveoak Bible Church; Bishop
Mark Webb, Upper New York Episcopal Area of the United
Methodist Church; George Weigel, Ethics and Public Policy
Center, Washington, DC; Deacon Greg Wilson, Covenant
Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas; Rt. Rev. Steve Wood,
Bishop, Diocese of the Carolinas, Anglican Church in North
America; His Eminence, Cardinal Donald Wuerl; The Rev Dr John
W Yates II; Robert R. Yohanan; Nabby Yono, Arab American and
Chaldean Council; Sam Yono, Chaldean National Party; Pastor
Ed Young, Second Baptist Church, Houston; Most Rev. Elias
Abdallah Zaidan, Bishop of the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady
of Lebanon; Linda Zimmerman, Calvary Lutheran Golden Valley;
Rt. Rev. J. Mark Zimmerman, Bishop, Diocese of the Southwest
Anglican Church in North America; Dr. James J. Zogby, Arab
American Institute.
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