[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 76 (Tuesday, May 20, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H4482]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   WELCOMING REVEREND CHARLIE MARTIN

  The SPEAKER. Without objection, the gentlewoman from North Carolina 
(Ms. Foxx) is recognized for 1 minute.
  There was no objection.
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, Pastor Charlie Martin has preached the Gospel 
for 45 years.
  Charlie Martin attended Trinity College of Florida and continues to 
serve as vice president of that institution. After college, he began 
working with youth at his home church in Arkansas.
  In 1971, he was called to pastor First Baptist Church of Indian Rocks 
in Largo, Florida. The Lord blessed the 37 years he spent there, with 
the church growing from fewer than 100 to over 6,000 members under his 
care.
  Largo is also where Pastor Martin met Stephanie, his wife of 38 
years. Together, they have raised five children--Shannon, Christian, 
Somer, Samara, and Colt. All five children are grown and happily 
married, and the Martins delight in their 16 grandchildren.
  For the past 7 years, Pastor Martin has led the good people of Bethel 
Baptist Church in Vilas, North Carolina. We are blessed to have this 
man of God living and working in our community in the mountains of 
North Carolina, and I want to thank him for opening the House with a 
prayer today.

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