[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 172 (Thursday, December 1, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1560-E1561]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING REVEREND FRANK E. COLEMAN JR.

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, December 1, 2016

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, as Messiah Baptist Church in Yonkers 
celebrates the installation of a new Pastor, I wanted to take the 
opportunity to congratulate and welcome the congregation's new leader, 
Westchester's own Reverend Frank E. Coleman Jr.
  A graduate of Tuckahoe High School, Rev. Coleman attended Virginia 
Union University where he graduated with a B.A. in Religion & 
Philosophy. Later he graduated from Almeda University where he received 
his Master's degree in Pastoral Studies.
  Rev. Coleman began his Pastoral career at Zion Baptist Church in 
Westmoreland, Virginia, before moving back to Westchester as Pastor of 
Shiloh Baptist Church in Tuckahoe. In 2010, he once again returned to 
Virginia as Pastor of the First Baptist Church in South Boston and 
remained there until 2014, when he once again returned home to 
Westchester. Since September, 2015 Rev. Coleman has served as Pastor-
Elect of the Mother Church, The Messiah Baptist Church in Yonkers, New 
York.
  In addition to his Pastoral duties, Rev. Coleman has left a lasting 
legacy of helping others everywhere he goes. He was the Vice President 
of the Halifax County Substance Abuse Awareness Coalition, Commissioner 
of The Southside Planning District Commission, Board Member of The 
Department of Social Services in Halifax, member of the S.C.L.C., 
Danville Branch and he served as the President of the Halifax/South 
Boston NAACP. He has also served as V.P. of the Tuckahoe School 
District's school board, Member of the Tuckahoe Village's Ethics Board 
and Co-Founder/President of the Committee Worker for All Children 
(CWAC).
  Of course, Rev. Coleman's true love has always been family. He is the 
husband of the

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Rev. Margaret Fountain Coleman of Mount Vernon New York and the father 
of one son and three daughters.
  I am honored to help welcome Rev. Coleman to Messiah Baptist and I 
wish him nothing but the best in his tenure.

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