[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 23092-23093]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    TRIBUTE TO THE CALDWELL-LYON ASSOCIATION OF MISSIONARY BAPTISTS

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                           HON. ED WHITFIELD

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 28, 1999

  Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I rise in recognition of the Caldwell-
Lyon Association of Missionary Baptists, composed of 38 Missionary 
Baptist churches in Caldwell, Lyon, and Hopkins counties in the First 
Congressional District of Kentucky.
  The Caldwell-Lyon Association of Missionary Baptists will celebrate 
its 75th Anniversary on September 27, 1999 at the Princeton First 
Baptist Church where its first meeting was held on September 24, 1924. 
The mission of the Association is to enliven missions at home base by 
providing fellowship, mission activities, and support to assist 
churches in carrying out the Great Commission (Matt. 28:18-20).

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  Mr. Speaker, the Caldwell-Lyon Association of Missionary Baptists was 
organized under the leadership of O.M. Shultz, pastor of the Princeton 
First Baptist Church, C.B. Barnes, pastor of the Fredonia First Baptist 
Church, Rudolph Lane, pastor of Walnut Grove Baptist Church, and Reed 
Rushing, pastor of the Donaldson Baptist Church. During the past 75 
years, seven pastors have served the Association as missionaries. they 
are: Gus Marshall, Olen Sisk, Rudolph Lane, Raymond Stovall, George 
Park, Ralph Tomek, and Harold Greenfield. These individuals and many 
others have dedicated their lives to furthering the spiritual life of 
their communities and spreading the message of Christianity throughout 
the world. Recently, a 12-person team from the Caldwell-Lyon 
Association joined a 24-member team from Kentucky to spread the gospel 
of Christ in Mombassa, Kenya.
  Mr. Speaker, we are a Nation founded on Christian principles. As 
President Andrew Jackson so eloquently declared, ``The Bible is the 
Book upon which this Republic rests.'' It is with pride and admiration 
that I submit this statement in recognition of the spiritual leadership 
provided by the Caldwell-Lyon Association of Missionary Baptists on 
their 75th Anniversary.

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