[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13833]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING SHILOH CHURCH

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                            HON. BARBARA LEE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 8, 2015

  Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Shiloh Church located in 
Oakland, California upon its 50th Anniversary as a strong religious 
pillar in the East Bay community.
  Shiloh Church was founded in 1965 by Dr. Violet Kiteley and her son, 
Dr. David Kiteley, in the living room of an African-American family. 
They sought to bring glory to God by engaging and empowering believers 
through fellowship, discipleship, worship and service.
  Since its founding, Shiloh Church has become a multi-ethnic 
congregation with members from over 40 nations. To accommodate its 
growing membership, the church underwent extensive remodeling of the 
facility to include a technology center and youth center. Shiloh Church 
also has affiliate ministries impacting hundreds of thousands of people 
in Canada, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Philippines, and Ethiopia 
throughout the world through its biblically-based training centers and 
church plants.
  Dr. Violet Kiteley, now in her 90s, has served in fulltime ministry 
for over 70 years. She has served as the President of Shiloh Bible 
College for over 35 years and was personally instrumental in training 
hundreds of leaders who are now pastors, elders, missionaries, and 
licensed ministers in churches across the world. Dr. David Kiteley 
followed in his mother's footsteps alongside his wife, Pastor Marilyn, 
and they have faithfully served the church full-time since 1970 as co-
pastors.
  Dr. David has traveled extensively and held leadership conferences in 
over 45 countries. Dr. David's son, Pastor Patrick and his wife served 
as Senior Pastors from 2008 until 2015. Now, Dr. David's daughter, 
Pastor Melinda, and her husband, Pastor Javier Ramos, will serve as 4th 
senior leadership transition in the church's history that will carry on 
the spiritual heritage laid by the past generations.
  Shiloh Church has been able to better the lives of East Bay residents 
through its various outreach programs such as the Robert Allen Mercy 
House, which provides groceries and other resources to the unemployed, 
underemployed, and homeless. Since 1982, this program has disbursed 
over $1,000,000 of food each year to more than 15,000 families.
  On behalf of the residents of California's 13th Congressional 
District, I extend my sincerest congratulations to Shiloh Church on the 
special occasion of its 50th anniversary. I wish Shiloh Church many 
more years of faithful and compassionate service.

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