[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Page 28140]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO DR. S. KING SANDERS

  Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I rise to honor Dr. S. King Sanders, 
who passed away October 30, 2003. I hope my colleagues will join me in 
expressing condolences to his family in this great loss.
  King Sanders left a worthy and memorable legacy for his wife, Rose; 
his children, Courtney and Michael, and other family members and 
friends to remember him by. He was a vocational Christian minister for 
30 years, working as a director of missions and then a pastor in New 
Mexico for 20 of those years. During the last 14 years of his life, 
King also worked in the public policy arena. He served as liaison to 
the New Mexico legislature on behalf of that State's Baptist convention 
for eight years. Beginning in 1997, he worked here in Washington for 
the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist 
Convention.
  His behind-the-scenes work in our Nation's Capital supported the 
efforts of the ERLC and others to make this country all it should be. 
He used his abilities and position in the effort to protect all human 
life, from conception to natural death. King worked to help expand 
religious freedom to all people in this country and around the world. 
He was concerned about marriages and families, and sought to strengthen 
them and protect them from the ravages of harmful forces in our 
culture. He also worked earnestly to motivate citizens to become more 
involved in the political process.
  For King, relationships were foremost. He loved people and served 
them in many ways. He constantly expressed concern for others, even in 
the midst of the health problems that plagued him near the end of his 
life. His love for others and his concern for their welfare were based 
on his relationship with God by faith in Jesus Christ.
  King Sanders was the best of what this country is all about. He 
wanted America to be a great force for good in the world, and he wanted 
the lives of Americans to be blessed. All who knew him will miss him, 
and we pay tribute to his influential life and legacy.
  I yield the floor.

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