[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17377]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING BISHOP-ELECT REVEREND URUNDI B. KNOX

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                          HON. DALE E. KILDEE

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 29, 2010

  Mr. KILDEE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Bishop-Elect 
Reverend Urundi B. Knox. Bishop-Elect will be ordained and consecrated 
as a Bishop at a service to be held on Friday, October 1 at Ebenezer 
Ministries in Burton, Michigan.
  Bishop-Elect Knox graduated from Flint Central High School in 1981. 
He earned an Associate's Degree from Mott Community College, and a 
Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of Michigan. He 
received a Master of Arts from Eastern Michigan University and 
completed his doctoral studies at Wayne State University in 1996.
  During this time he was teaching at Mott Community College and 
Detroit College of Business. In September, 1993 he became a full-time 
professor at Mott Community College. Bishop-Elect Knox served as 
assistant pastor at Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church until the 
retirement of Pastor Clarence Knox in September 1994. Bishop-Elect Knox 
succeeded his father and became the pastor. In a testament to his 
leadership, the congregation has grown to over 1000 members and a new 
sanctuary was erected two years later.
  Bishop-Elect Knox saw the need for spiritual and temporal guidance in 
the community and he embarked upon the ``Take Back the City Crusade'' 
providing worship services and feeding the hungry in downtown Flint. 
Drawing inspiration from 1 Samuel 7:12 ``Then Samuel took a stone, and 
set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer 
saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us'' Bishop-Elect Knox decided to 
change the name of the church to Ebenezer Ministries reflect the 
mission of reaching out to those in need. Because of his work in the 
community, Bishop-Elect Knox has been recognized numerous times as one 
of the unsung gems in the Flint area.
  Madam Speaker, I am honored to ask the House of Representatives to 
rise with me and applaud the work of Bishop-Elect Urundi Knox. He has 
inspired his congregation with a zeal for spreading the Gospel of Our 
Lord Jesus Christ and I congratulate him as he is consecrated a Bishop. 
I pray that he will continue his work with love, enthusiasm, and 
determination for many, many years to come.

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