[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 70 (Monday, April 28, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E343]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         HONORING CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY

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                             HON. ANDY BARR

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 28, 2025

  Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Calvary Baptist Church as they 
celebrate their 150th anniversary. Calvary Baptist Church is located in 
Lexington, Kentucky.
  On January 14, 1875, forty people stepped out in faith to start a new 
church in the growing city of Lexington, Kentucky. The church was first 
known as Second Baptist Church and J.M. Frost was called to serve as 
the first pastor. As the church membership grew, in 1906 the name was 
changed to Calvary Baptist Church and a new sanctuary was built at High 
Street and Rodes Avenue. Growth continued, and the current location, at 
High Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard, was built in 1962. Dr. 
Monty Stallins leads the congregation as the pastor today.
  Since Calvary Baptist's founding in 1875, the pastors have changed 
and the locations have changed, but the mission of the church has 
remained the same, to invite people into relationship with the Lord. 
Over the years, members have recognized the call to serve the needs of 
the community and the world. Significant highlights include organizing 
the establishment of Central Baptist Hospital, partnering with First 
United Methodist Church to open the High Street Neighborhood Center, 
organizing mission trips to Haiti, opening the Interfaith Counseling 
Center and Mission (Health) Lexington, organizing the Build a Bed 
Ministry, and establishing the Clothed by Grace clothing closet. The 
ministry of Calvary Baptist Church has touched thousands of lives in 
life changing ways over its century and a half history.
  As Calvary Baptist Church celebrates their 150th anniversary, it is 
my honor to lift up this faith community before the House of 
Representatives. I wish them many more years of faithful ministry 
serving God.

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