[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20173]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              WELCOMING AND HONORING REVEREND STEVE HOUPE

  (Mr. CLEAVER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today in recognition 
of our guest Chaplain, Dr. Steve Houpe, founder and Pastor of the 
Harvest Church in Kansas City, Missouri.
  Soon after his graduation and ordination from Rhema Bible Training 
Center in 1986, Dr. Houpe began his ministry and founded Harvest 
Church, one of the fastest-growing congregations in our community.
  But this was just the beginning. Dr. Houpe had a strong calling to 
education; and, in 1990, he founded Harvest Christian Schools, now 
Faith Academy, to educate children in a Christian environment with a 
strong academic emphasis. And, in 1996, he founded Harvest Bible 
Institute to teach men and women to give of themselves for service in 
the ministry. Dr. Houpe has also been called to bring the word of God 
into the homes of people beyond his congregation through his authorship 
of four inspirational books.
  Pastor Houpe further devotes himself to his wife Donna and their six 
beautiful children.
  Pastor Houpe has touched countless lives in our community and across 
this Nation, and we are pleased to have him here today.

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