[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 77 (Friday, May 5, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E404]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO REVEREND JAMES A. JAMISON

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                         HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 5, 2023

  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Reverend 
James A. Jamison, who has retired after 32 years of dedicated service 
as the Assistant Pastor at Brookland Baptist Church in West Columbia, 
South Carolina. Reverend Jamison is a native of Cayce, South Carolina, 
and is married to the former Marilyn Garvin. He attended the public 
schools of Lexington School District No. 2 and is a graduate of 
Brookland-Cayce High School. Prior to his graduation, he received and 
accepted the call to the ministry.
  Rev. Jamison attended Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina, 
and received a Bachelor of Arts in Religion and Philosophy. He 
graduated with the highest average in Religion and Philosophy and was a 
member of the National Dean's List. He was also named in the 1987 and 
1989 Editions of Outstanding Young Men of America.
  He pursued seminary studies at Morehouse School of Religion of the 
Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia, and 
received a Master of Divinity degree in 1990. Rev. Jamison earned a 
Master of Sacred Theology from the Lutheran Theological Southern 
Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina, in May 2014. He also completed 
one certified year of residency in Clinical Pastoral Education at the 
Columbia Area Academy in 1991 and completed requirements for a Doctor 
of Ministry degree at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary in 
Chicago, Illinois in 2019.
  Rev. Jamison has pastored Oak Grove Baptist Church of Forest City, 
North Carolina; Hall Hill Baptist Church of Pelion, South Carolina; and 
New Hope Baptist Church of Crawfordville, Georgia; and has preached and 
taught abroad. In 1989, he was invited to do research on the continents 
of Africa and Europe in Italy, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya.
  In June of 1994, he participated in the Kenya Partnership as a 
preacher, teacher, and group leader. He was invited in 2007 to travel 
to Liberia on a preaching and mission trip. He is also in demand as a 
lecturer, and teacher on the state and district level. He is a former 
member of the faculty of the State Congress of Christian Education and 
served as an instructor and director of the Minister's Division. He has 
served as an instructor for the Gethsemane Congress of Christian 
Education as well as Dean of the Congress and President of the 
Gethsemane Congress of Christian Education.
  Rev. Jamison is a former Commissioner of Education with the 
Gethsemane Congress of Christian Education and has served as Dean of 
the Gold Hill Association in Forest City, North Carolina. He also 
served as an instructor for the Southern Region of the Progressive 
National Baptist Convention. Rev. Jamison has served as an instructor 
of religion at Morris College for twenty years and was selected for 
``Who's Who among America's Teachers'' in 2003-2004. He previously 
taught at Claflin University and Dickerson-Green Seminary Allen 
University and serves as a peer group facilitator for the Styberg 
Preaching Institute.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you and my colleagues join me in celebrating 
the retirement of Reverend James A. Jamison and wishing him Godspeed.

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