[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 183 (Tuesday, November 20, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1545]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   REVEREND DR. WASHINGTON LEE LUNDY'S 50TH PASTORAL ANNIVERSARY AT 
                      EVENING STAR BAPTIST CHURCH

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                        HON. HAKEEM S. JEFFRIES

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 20, 2018

  Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Reverend 
Dr. Washington Lee Lundy's 50th Pastoral Anniversary at Glen Terrace in 
Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, November 17, 2018. Since the founding 
of Evening Star Baptist Church in 1916, Reverend Dr. Washington Lundy 
has served as the second senior pastor in the church's 102-year 
history.
  From an early age, Reverend Dr. Lundy was called to preach, initially 
at First Baptist Church in his hometown of McKinney, Virginia. After 
graduation from high school in 1954, he studied at Virginia Union 
University, in Richmond, VA. A year later, he moved to New York 
completing his studies at Manhattan Community College. Settling in 
Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, he joined the congregation of Evening 
Star Baptist Church where first Senior Pastor Reverend Marcellus French 
Logan presided. There he met ``the love of his life,'' Dorothy Fields, 
whom he married and raised two children with, Christopher Lee and 
Valerie Anita.
  Upon the passing of Rev. Logan, Evening Star Baptist Church 
recognized Reverend Dr. Washington Lee Lundy as Senior Pastor on 
November 5, 1968. During his dedicated service to the congregation and 
surrounding community, he went on to pursue a Doctorate from Baltimore 
School of the Bible. In his 50 years of leadership at Evening Star, 
Reverend Dr. Lundy helped organize the Gates Avenue Block Association 
and established the Evening Star Baptist Church Scholarship Fund for 
students entering college and those returning to school for higher 
education. He also solidified the longevity of the church by settling 
the church's mortgage and founding the Eastern Baptist Association 
School of Religion and Evening Star Youth Ministry.
  Reverend Dr. Lundy proudly represented Evening Star across the 
country and world. He served as Vice Moderator at Large of the Eastern 
Baptist Association (EBA) of New York, and then as Moderator of the EBA 
from 1988 to 1992. He was elected as Vice President at Large of the 
Empire Baptist Missionary Convention of New York, and then as its 
President for six years. He also served as Vice President of the 
National Baptist Convention USA--North East Region. More recently, in 
2010 he was the host for the New York State Convention for the 20th 
Baptist World Congress in Hawaii. Globally, he has carried a message of 
hope and faith, traveling to various countries in Europe, Asia, the 
Middle East and Australia.
  Mr. Speaker, in honor of this great spiritual and community leader, I 
ask that you and my other distinguished colleagues join me in 
congratulating the Reverend Dr. Washington Lee Lundy on his 50th 
Pastoral Anniversary at Evening Star Baptist Church

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