[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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