[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9757]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 PASTOR REVEREND MINGO HONORED BY THE CHRIST TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH FOR 
                   13 YEARS OF EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE

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                            HON. ROB PORTMAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 17, 2004

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Pastor Peterson 
Mingo, a friend and distinguished community leader, who celebrates his 
13th Pastoral Anniversary this month with the Christ Temple Baptist 
Church located in the Evanston neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
  Pastor Mingo was honored on Friday, May 14th for his distinguished 
service to Christ Temple Baptist Church and for his tireless efforts to 
improve the lives of young people in the Evanston neighborhood and 
throughout the entire inner city.
  Pastor Mingo has dedicated his life to community service by fostering 
relationships and building partnerships throughout the city. Pastor 
Mingo founded the Evanston Youth Association, the Inner City Rites of 
Passage Program and the Evanston Bulldogs Youth Football team. He still 
manages to work with the Cincinnati Youth Street Worker Program during 
the day, and has a full time job at night.
  For the past several years, I have had the honor of serving with 
Pastor Mingo on the board for a Coalition for a Drug-Free Greater 
Cincinnati. I am continually inspired by his dedication and commitment 
to providing drug free environments and healthy alternatives for our 
young people. Pastor Mingo also serves on the recruitment committee for 
the Life Center, and serves on the board of the Cincinnati Cooperative 
Church League.
  Pastor Mingo is also dedicated to his family. He is the loving father 
to 11 children--eights sons and three daughters--and is a devoted 
husband to his wife, Regina.
  All of us in Cincinnati thank Pastor Mingo for all he has done to 
make our community a better, safer place for our children to live and 
play, and we congratulate him on his Pastoral Anniversary.

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