[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 4, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H1474-H1475]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     WELCOMING PASTOR ETHAN MAGNESS

  The SPEAKER. Without objection, the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. 
David P. Roe) is recognized for 1 minute.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee. Madam Speaker, I rise today to 
recognize Ethan Magness, who delivered today's opening prayer.
  Ethan is the senior pastor at First Christian Church in my hometown 
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Johnson City, Tennessee, where my wife, Clarinda, has attended for many 
years.
  We are pleased to welcome Pastor Magness here today.
  Ethan is originally from Elizabethton, Tennessee, and graduated from 
Swarthmore College. He received his master of divinity from Emmanuel 
Christian Seminary and served for 10 years at the Mountain Christian 
Church in Joppa, Maryland.
  Ethan founded and still directs the Semester in Ministry program at 
Milligan College. He has served as an adjunct professor there for 10 
years.
  I am proud to welcome Ethan; his wife, Betsy; and his son, Evan, to 
our Nation's Capitol today. I am also pleased he could share the Word 
of God with us today.

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