[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 22967]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO BISHOP EDDIE L. LONG

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                  HON. HENRY C. ``HANK'' JOHNSON, JR.

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, August 2, 2007

  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Madam Speaker, in the Fourth Congressional 
District of Georgia, there are many individuals who are called to 
contribute to the needs of our community through leadership and 
service.
  Bishop Eddie L. Long has given of himself since August of 1987 to 
lead New Birth Missionary Baptist Church.
  Bishop Eddie L. Long, under the guidance of God has pioneered and 
sustained New Birth Missionary Baptist Church as an instrument in our 
community that betters the spiritual, physical and mental welfare of 
our citizens.
  This remarkable and tenacious man of God has shared his time and 
talents for the betterment of our community for the past 20 years by 
preaching the gospel and living the gospel.
  Bishop Eddie L. Long is a spiritual warrior, a man of compassion, a 
man of great courage, a fearless leader and a servant to all, but most 
of all a visionary who has shared with not only New Birth Missionary 
Baptist Church, but with Dekalb County and the world his passion to 
spread the gospel of Jesus Christ.
  I am pleased to proclaim August 17, 2007 as Bishop Eddie L. Long Day 
in the Fourth Congressional District.

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