[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 24383]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                  A TRIBUTE TO BISHOP EUGENE J. BLOUNT

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 19, 2008

  Mr. TOWNS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute and to honor 
Bishop Eugene J. Blount. Bishop Blount has, from an early age, always 
placed a devotion to community betterment and a passion for Christ and 
his church at the forefront of every endeavor he has undertaken.
  Bishop Eugene J. Blount, in 1990, joined the Elim International 
Fellowship, where he introduced a renewed enthusiasm for the scriptures 
and an appreciation for the supernatural, serving in the prophetic 
ministry as one of the ``King's Seers'' and as Chief of Staff in the 
full time ministry under the leadership of Archbishop Wilbert S. 
McKinley, where he molded and implemented the mission of the church.
  Bishop Eugene J. Blount, an outstanding and well-respected member of 
the Brooklyn clergy, will undoubtedly prove to be a tremendous asset to 
the Bedford-Stuyvesant community as he is consecrated as a Bishop of 
the Elim International Fellowship.
  Madam Speaker, I would like to recognize Bishop Eugene J. Blount for 
his extraordinary accomplishments and to congratulate him on his 
consecration at the Elim International Fellowship.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in paying tribute to 
Bishop Eugene J. Blount.

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