[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9649]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  IN RECOGNITION OF DR. WILLIAM McCOY

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                           HON. BOBBY L. RUSH

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 15, 2015

  Mr. RUSH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Dr. William McCoy 
on his 31 years of service as Chief Apostle and CEO of Brothers Keeper 
Community Outreach Church.
  Dr. William McCoy, through his calling of spreading the word of God, 
has done great work for his community by way of his organization's 
involvement with kingdom building feats like jail ministry, and parole 
chaplaincy, which are just a couple of examples of his many deeds that 
shine as a beacon of hope for those in need.
  Dr. McCoy began his pastoral career in 1986, serving first at God's 
House of Deliverance Holiness Church in 1989, and then he earned his 
Certificate of Ordination from the Pentecostal Apostolic Assemblies of 
Jesus Christ. In 1991, he graduated from the United Theological 
Seminary, and in 1993, Dr. McCoy received an Honorary Doctorate of 
Divinity from the Apostolic Baptist Seminary in Evansville, Indiana. In 
1994, he was consecrated as the Presiding Prelate Bishop of IPAE and 
AIMBK by Bishop Lester P. Bell, and earned his Prison Fellowship 
Training Diploma. In 1995, Dr. McCoy earned his Doctorate of Philosophy 
in Pastoral Theology from the International College of Bible Theology.
  The Brothers Keeper Community Outreach Church was created to call 
attention to the need for a message of deliverance from substance 
addictions, domestic abuse and other challenges plaguing the lives of 
some of God's children; the organization has done great work at 
conveying its belief in the importance of teaching deliverance through 
parole chaplaincy training, ministerial training and other outreach 
practices.
  Dr. William McCoy has served his community outside of his work with 
the Brothers Keeper Community Outreach Church as well, some positions 
such as an Auxiliary Chaplain of the Cook County Sheriff Department 
since 1994; as a board member of the Cook County Jails Alternative 
Schools L.S.C., since 1997 and as the Superintendent Parole Chaplain of 
Cook County. In 2002 Dr. McCoy was elected to serve as President of the 
Illinois Community Chaplaincy Council, and in 2009, he became President 
of the South Suburban Action Conference and became a member of the 
IPAE-NETWORK Cook County Sheriff's Department Re-Entry Initiative and 
the Advisory Board of Cook County Clergy United, Inc.
  Dr. William McCoy in his many roles and his work with the Brothers 
Keeper Community Outreach Church has not only been inspirational, but 
vital to the life we live as both God's children and Americans.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating Dr. William McCoy 
for his many years of dedicated service and wish him continued success 
and happiness in the future.

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