[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16391]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               WELCOMING THE REVEREND DR. JERRY C. WHITE

  (Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to welcome to 
the House Dr. Jerry White, the president of the South Carolina Baptist 
Convention and our guest chaplain this morning. Jerry has been 
preaching since the age of 13, pastoring for 33 years, 24 of those 
years in South Carolina, the last 7 at Riverside Baptist Church in 
Greer, South Carolina. His wife Janet and his father are here with us 
today. They have two sons, and, maybe most significantly, a brand new 
baby granddaughter.
  Jerry's favorite hymn is Amazing Grace. His life verse is Philippians 
4:13, ``I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.'' Truly 
the two work together because one of the stanzas of Amazing Grace is, 
``Twas grace that taught my heart to fear and grace my fears 
relieved.''
  That is what enables people like Jerry to pastor as they do, 
realizing that it is grace that causes them to be able to do all things 
through Christ who strengthens them. We thank him for offering the 
prayer this morning, and we welcome him to the House.

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