[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 16077-16078]
[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

                         Friday, June 15, 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 W.I. 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, 
Reverend 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 off/shoot of 
Bronx Baptist Church. Reverend 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. Reverend 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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