[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11655]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRATULATIONS TO BISHOP KEITH JENKINS ON HIS EPISCOPACY CONSECRATION

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                           HON. KEITH ELLISON

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 8, 2007

  Mr. ELLISON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate my 
constituent, Bishop Keith Jenkins, on his recent ascent to the 
episcopacy of the Open Door Evangelistic World Ministries in 
Minneapolis, Minnesota.

 Proclamation From the International Fellowship of Reformed Episcopal 
                                Churches

       Grace and Peace be unto you from God our Father and from 
     the Lord Jesus Christ,
       Hallelujah!
       It is with great felicity that we proclaim the imminent 
     consecration of the very Reverend Keith Jenkins to the 
     episcopacy in the church of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, 
     on the twenty first day of October, Anno Domini, two thousand 
     and six, at The Elim International Fellowship, The Protestant 
     Cathedral in Brooklyn, New York.
       The aforementioned consecration will commence at ten 
     o'clock forenoon, at 20 Madison Street, Brooklyn, NY 11238.
       May the blessings of the strength of Israel be upon you, 
     our good brother Keith; and the love of the resurrected one 
     sustain and preserve you. May your steps be guided by the 
     everlasting spirit and your speech be seasoned with salt that 
     you may know how to give an answer to every man concerning 
     the hope that lieth within you.
       Signed, His Eminence The Most Reverend Wilbert Sterling 
     McKinley, Archbishop Primate His Eminence, The Most Reverend 
     Trevor Dominic Bentley, Archbishop Exarch.

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