[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15750]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING REVEREND DR. SAMUEL SIMPSON

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 13, 2007

  Mr. ENGEL. Madam Speaker, Reverend Dr. Samuel Simpson, Pastor of the 
Bronx Baptist and Wake Eden community Baptist Churches in the Bronx was 
born in Jamaica West Indies. He relocated to the United States in the 
early sixties. He and his wife Lola Campbell have three children and 
five grandchildren. He is well known in the Bronx and the West Indian 
communities throughout the State and beyond.
  In addition to leading the Bronx and Wake Eden congregations, Rev. 
Simpson has been instrumental in starting the Honeywell Baptist Chapel, 
and a newer mission in the Spring Valley area. Grace Baptist Chapel in 
the northern section of the Bronx is an offshoot of Bronx Baptist 
Church. Rev. Simpson also communicates his strong belief in helping 
people via the media, and writes a weekly column for the Carib News. 
Periodically he is heard on Family Radio and has been the subject of 
three books: ``What God did for Me,'' ``Sam Simpson, Architect of 
Hope,'' and his most recent ``To Dream the Impossible Dream.''
  He serves in many capacities in the Baptist denomination. Among his 
leadership roles has been President--Baptist Convention of New York for 
two terms, and Moderator--Metropolitan New York Baptist Association. 
Other areas of service were: President and Board Chairman of Protestant 
Council of Churches of New York, President, Bronx division of Council 
of Churches, Chairman of the Board and President, Bronx Shepherds 
Restoration, and Board Member, Northeastern Bible College. Rev. Dr. 
Simpson is a true man of God and a firm believer in serving the total 
person. He has worked tirelessly for his community both within and 
outside the Bronx seeking to improve the temporal and spiritual aspects 
of his congregation and his community.
  We are a stronger, better community for his work.

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