[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 6 (Thursday, January 11, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H65-H66]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING THE LIFE OF PASTOR CLARENCE SEXTON

  (Mr. BURCHETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the life of my dear, good 
friend, Pastor Clarence Sexton, who passed away on December 12 at the 
age of 75. He was very kind to me through some tough times and would 
often pray with me and congratulate me on tough wins and an occasional 
loss.
  Pastor Sexton loved the Lord, and everything he did was to serve Him. 
He founded Crown College in 1991 to train students to serve Jesus 
Christ in local churches and all across our great world and to help 
spread the Gospel.
  Everyone who met him knew of his faithfulness as well as his support 
for conservative ideals and family values, which is why he was given 
the opportunity to conduct the funeral of Robert Trump in 2020.
  My dad always used to say that if preachers would just preach the 
Gospel, we would solve most of the world's problems. Pastor Sexton did 
preach the Gospel faithfully, without any agenda except to serve the 
Lord.

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  I offer my sincere condolences to his lovely wife, Evelyn, of 56 
years, his two sons, Shannon and Matt, and everyone else who knew him 
and loved him. Ms. Evelyn said her husband loved people, his country, 
and, most of all, loved his Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. She said he 
lived his life to advance God's kingdom on Earth.
  We will certainly miss Pastor Sexton, but he is with the Lord now. We 
will never forget him.
  On a personal note, I always remember that when I adopted my little 
girl, he came and prayed for us. He will be missed.

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