    [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 2025)]
    [House]
    [Page H893]
    From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

              RECOGNIZING REVEREND DR. CURTIS THEODORE WALKER, SR.

      (Mrs. SYKES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
    minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
      Mrs. SYKES. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize Reverend Dr.
    Curtis Theodore Walker, Sr. as Ohio's 13th Congressional District
    Champion of the Week for his 50-year career in ministry.
      Reverend Walker has served as a minister and pastor at multiple
    African Methodist Episcopal Zion Churches in New York, Connecticut,
    North Carolina, and Alabama. In 1992 he became the senior pastor at the
    Wesley Temple Church in Akron, which is Akron's oldest Black
    congregation.
      Reverend Dr. Walker has been a faithful servant of God, the African
    Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, and the Beth-El AME Zion Church where
    he currently serves as pastor.
      Not only is he serving his ministry, he serves the countless
    individuals and families he has pastored throughout his 50 years of
    service.
      The understanding and compassion that he demonstrates has served to
    benefit not only his congregation but also society as a whole as his
    congregation is made up of dedicated members of our community who work
    to spread the Lord's message of good deeds.

      Throughout his 50 years of Christian ministry, Reverend Dr. Walker
    has displayed a solemn commitment to the Lord which encourages all who
    have known him to have faith and do all things for the glory of God.
      Congratulations again to Reverend Dr. Curtis Theodore Walker, Sr., on
    this remarkable milestone. I thank him for all he does for our
    community. I wish him many more years of continued success and
    dedication to the ministry and to our entire community.

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