[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21721]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO REV. CLEMITY THOMAS BAKER

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                          HON. DANNY K. DAVIS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 28, 2006

  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to 
Rev. C.T. Baker the Pastor of Holy Corinthian Missionary Baptist Church 
located in Chicago, Illinois. This Sunday Rev. Baker will celebrate 32 
years as Pastor of Holy Corinthian Missionary Baptist Church. Rev. 
Baker has come a long way from his birth in Lexington, Kentucky. He has 
served in the ministry now for more than 45 years.
  Rev. Baker has served as a beacon of light and a ray of hope 
throughout Chicago. Rev. Baker is not only a great preacher, but he has 
also been blessed with a great singing voice. After preaching on 
Sunday's he can be found singing God's praises in Dr. Willie Wilson's 
Singsation Choir. The choir is in a different church ever Sunday 
afternoon.
  Rev. Baker really epitomizes the scripture found in the sixth Chapter 
of the Book of Micah. In that chapter the writer asks the question--
what does God require of man? The response that was given--God requires 
that man do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with God. When 
Hurricane Katrina struck and thousands of people were displaced--it was 
Rev. Baker who helped lead the effort on behalf of Dr. Willie Wilson 
and Ministers throughout Chicago to provide relief. Rev. Baker, Dr. 
Willie Wilson and others personally went to the Gulf Coast and New 
Orleans--while there they handed out more than $300,000 dollars to 
people who were displaced by the storm.
  Rev. Baker is a compassionate man with a big heart. He received his 
formal training in the ministry from Moody Bible Institute and The 
Chicago Baptist Institute. He is a family man, father of his own 
children and he and his wife Mrs. Diane Baker are parents to many 
others.
  On behalf of the constituents of the Seventh Congressional District I 
join with those paying tribute to Rev. Baker for his 32 years as Pastor 
of the Holy Corinthian Missionary Baptist Church.

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