[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 210 (Friday, December 12, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1191]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING BISHOP DUANE TISDALE

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                           HON. MARCY KAPTUR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 12, 2025

  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the pastoral service of 
Bishop Duane C. Tisdale in Toledo, Ohio. I will be honored to join his 
congregation and our community leaders to celebrate his 40th 
anniversary this Sunday at his church, Friendship Baptist Church, where 
he was first elected to Associate Pastor in 1985. Beginning on December 
9, 1986, Bishop Tisdale has been the congregation's senior Pastor.
  As noted in the history, ``Bishop Tisdale's leadership, preaching and 
teaching gave birth to a new concept of ministry for the congregation 
of Friendship Baptist Church. As a result, Friendship Baptist Church 
adopted this new concept, entitled `New Vision' as its church vision. 
`New Vision' embraces the spiritual, mental, physical, economical, and 
social dimensions of our total being, therefore emphasizing 
`Ministering to the Total Person.' Through ``New Vision'' Friendship 
Baptist Church integrates a holistic ministry in all areas that affect 
man, his family, and his worship.''
  CEO of Friendship New Vision, Bishop Tisdale has led the effort 
toward practical applications of the ``New Vision'' philosophy. The 
outreach ministry offers drug and alcohol outpatient treatment, 
transitional and residential housing, tutoring, teen services and an 
economic empowerment and financial freedom initiative.
  Bishop Tisdale was born to Pastor Clyde E. and Thelma M. Tisdale, 
their fourteenth child. Accepting the call to ministry at the age of 
fifteen, he began preaching at his home church where his father 
pastored, Rossford First Baptist Church. He was ordained at age 
nineteen.
  In 1987 Bishop Duane Tisdale married his wife Thelma. Together they 
raised five children: LaTonya, Jerel, Samuel, Joshua, and Sara.
  Continuing his calling, Bishop Tisdale received his Bachelor's Degree 
in Religious Education from the Calvary Bible Institute, Toledo, Ohio 
in 1981. He went on to attain a Master's Degree in Interdisciplinary 
Studies from Ashland Theological Seminary in 1994. In June 2010 Bishop 
received an Honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from St. Thomas 
Christian College, Jacksonville Florida. Bishop Tisdale completed his 
Doctorate of Ministry Degree in Black Church Studies from Ashland 
Theological Seminary, Ashland, Ohio in June 2011.
  Bishop Tisdale became affiliated with Full Gospel Baptist Fellowship 
International in 1995 and he is a student in the Full Gospel Graduate 
School of Episcopal Studies. Since then, he has served on the national 
level in the Pastor's Division on the Advisory Board under Bishop H. 
Jerome Ross. On the district level he served as the Northern District 
Overseer in the State of Ohio. On the state level, he served as the 
First Administrative Assistant to State Bishop William Morris. From the 
years of 2001 to 2023, he served as Bishop of the State of Ohio.
  A pillar in our community, Bishop Tisdale saw the critical need for 
financial services in the neighborhoods. He inspired civic and 
community leaders to rally around a ``New Vision'' and established the 
Toledo Urban Federal Credit Union. Since its founding in 1996, the 
credit union has grown into a strong $10 million institution of 
stability, serving small and larger depositors alike while developing 
its mission to secure the economic futures of Toledo's central city 
residents.
  Throughout his life, Bishop Duane Tisdale has led with a servant's 
heart. He has been minister, mentor, leader and friend. A guiding light 
in our community and to his congregation, we thank Bishop Tisdale for 
forty years of faithful service and look forward to his continued 
light.

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