[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 24, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E971]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           HONORING THE ANNIVERSARY OF CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH

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                           HON. RASHIDA TLAIB

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 24, 2019

  Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, I rise today in tribute to Calvary Baptist 
Church, a house of worship in Detroit, Michigan, as its members 
celebrate the church's one hundredth anniversary, as well as twenty-
five years under the leadership of Pastor Lawrence T. Foster.
   Born and raised in San Francisco, California, Pastor Foster arrived 
in Detroit to lead the flock at Calvary Baptist Church in 1994. Pastor 
Foster is a proud graduate of Morehouse College, completing his 
theological studies at Harvard University Divinity School. Outside his 
duties attending to the spiritual needs of his congregation, Pastor 
Foster has worked to advance causes such as fair housing as a member of 
the Virginia Park-Henry Ford Hospital Non-profit Housing Corporation 
Board of Directors, as a board member of the Michigan AIDS Coalition, 
as well as an advocate for economic and agricultural development in 
west Africa as a member of the Progressive National Baptist 
Convention's Missionary Ministry.
   Calvary Baptist Church was founded in 1919 by Reverend Henry James 
Mastin as a place of refuge in its surrounding communities. More than 
that, Calvary welcomed the migrating masses of African Americans who 
possessed little social status, providing an environment of prayer, 
praise, fellowship and mutual aid where everybody was somebody. This 
legacy lives on in the longevity of Pastor Foster's service.
   Please join me in tribute to Pastor Lawrence T. Foster and the 
members of Calvary Baptist Church as we recognize its one hundredth 
anniversary.

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