[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 12, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H1134]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                CONGRATULATING REVEREND BRIAN RAWLS, SR.

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Reverend Brian 
Rawls, Sr., for becoming the 13th pastor of St. Paul Baptist Church.
  Reverend Rawls continues a family legacy. His father, Bishop Hilton 
Rawls, Sr., has been the pastor of St. Paul Free Will Baptist Church in 
Newark for more than 40 years.
  Reverend Brian Rawls comes to St. Paul Baptist Church with 
exceptional credentials. He earned a master of divinity degree and a 
doctor of divinity degree from New Brunswick Theological Seminary. He 
was the director of the Newark Youth One-Stop Career Center and a 
former chair of the Mayor's Commission on the Homeless for the city of 
Newark.
  Today, Reverend Rawls is the dean of the School of Christian Studies 
and assistant professor of church ministry and leadership for Pillar 
College in Newark. In addition, he has traveled the world to teach 
about the Kingdom of God.
  I congratulate my friend, the Right Reverend Brian Rawls. His church 
is getting an outstanding leader.

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