[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 12745]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  WELCOMING THE REVEREND GREG SURRATT

  (Mr. BROWN of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BROWN of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure 
that I welcome Pastor Greg Surratt of the Seacoast Church of Mount 
Pleasant, South Carolina, to Washington, D.C.
  Pastor Surratt is the founder and senior pastor of Seacoast Christian 
Community Church, which began in February 1988 with approximately 65 
members meeting in an apartment. Seacoast Church has blossomed into 
nine campuses and over 7,000 attendees around the State of South 
Carolina and Savannah, Georgia.
  Pastor Surratt and his wife, Debbie, dreamed of building a church 
that would speak the language of the modern culture and encourage 
nonbelievers to investigate Christianity at their own pace, free from 
traditional trappings of religion that tends to turn them away. That 
dream is now a reality. At Seacoast, you can be sure to find a special 
place just for you. Whether you are a child, student, married or 
single, Seacoast is a program with your needs in mind.
  Mr. Speaker, I commend Greg on the fine job he is doing for so many 
people at Seacoast Church, and thank him on behalf of the people of the 
First Congressional District of South Carolina for coming to Washington 
and sharing his time and prayers with us. I ask him to please continue 
to keep this body in his prayers daily. May God bless him and the 
entire Seacoast family.

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