[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 55 (Thursday, April 16, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E524-E525]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               IN RECOGNITION OF BISHOP VICTOR L. POWELL

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                      HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR.

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 16, 2015

  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor an 
outstanding Man of God,

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Bishop Victor L. Powell, who will celebrate his 25th anniversary as the 
distinguished pastor of Rhema Word Cathedral. An anniversary worship 
service will be held on Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Rhema 
Word Cathedral in Albany, Georgia.
  A native of Chicago, Illinois, Bishop Powell was born to be a leader. 
He served our nation honorably in the United States Marine Corps for 
nine years. He completed Non-Commissioned Officer Leadership School and 
Defense Mapping School, and attained the rank of Staff Sergeant. Bishop 
Powell also is a certified trainer with the Georgia Department of 
Corrections and has trained hundreds of law enforcement officers for 
the State of Georgia.
  Since 1990, Bishop Powell has led Rhema Word Cathedral, formerly 
known as Williams Spring Baptist Church. His God-given vision has taken 
the church to greater heights than ever before. Bishop Powell pastors 
one church in two locations--one in downtown Albany and one in Dawson, 
Georgia. He also founded Stand Up Again, Inc., a subsidiary of Rhema 
Word Cathedral and outreach ministry that serves local, regional, and 
even international communities, including Ghana, Guatemala, and Haiti. 
The Stand Up Again television broadcast reaches people throughout the 
region on a weekly basis.
  Not one to rest on his laurels, Bishop Powell serves as pastor to 
other pastors all over the world through Covenant Network Ministries. 
He is also the President and CEO of VLP, Inc., which provides training 
and motivational speaking to corporations and agencies.
  In October 2002, Bishop Powell was consecrated to the office of 
Bishop by Archbishop Earl Paulk of the International Charismatic 
Communion of Churches in Decatur, Georgia. Bishop Powell has served on 
the College of Bishops for the International Charismatic Communion of 
Churches; the Foundation Board for Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital; and 
Stop the Violence Project. He has also served on the Executive Board of 
Directors for the Albany Chamber of Commerce; Capitol City Bank; 
Albany-Dougherty Governmental Study Commission; and Lily Pad of Albany.
  Using Bishop Powell as a vessel, God has reached into the hearts of 
many so that Rhema Word Cathedral has welcomed thousands of souls to 
this prolific ministry. A dynamic and ever faithful pastor, his 
ministry has stretched across the globe. As one of the premier 
preachers of our generation, Bishop Powell is well-known and sought 
after for his anointed, sound and understandable proclamation of God's 
Word. He is motivated by his love for people, his love for preaching, 
and his belief that no one is beyond God's reach. On a personal note, I 
have been truly blessed by Bishop Powell's sage counsel and enduring 
friendship over the many years I have known him.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me today in thanking Bishop 
Victor L. Powell for twenty-five wonderful years of changing Southwest 
Georgia for the better, over thirty remarkable years of ministry, and a 
lifetime of selfless service to God, the church and to humankind.

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