[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12665]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             WELCOMING REVEREND DR. PHILLIP L. POINTER, SR.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentleman from 
Arkansas (Mr. Hill) is recognized for 1 minute.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. HILL. Mr. Speaker, I rise to welcome today's guest chaplain and 
my good friend, Reverend Phillip Pointer, or ``Pastor P'' as he is 
known throughout our community.
  Realizing his love for preaching the ministry as a teen, Pastor P 
earned his Doctor of Ministry from United Theological Seminary in 
Dayton, Ohio, and his Master of Divinity with honors from The Samuel 
Dewitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University in 
Richmond, Virginia.
  Having devoted much of his life to the church, Pastor Pointer found 
his way to Saint Mark Baptist Church in my hometown of Little Rock, 
Arkansas, in 2012, after 10 years as pastor of St. John Baptist Church 
in Alexandria, Virginia.
  As a loving husband and father, Pastor P understands the challenge in 
balancing his responsibility to the church and to his family. At Saint 
Mark Baptist Church, Pastor P highlights the importance of our youth, 
with the church, adopting the motto ``You. Grow. Here.'' to advance a 
safe, loving environment for families and children.
  Within 2 years of Pastor P's time as senior pastor of the church, a 
new youth center was built to give Saint Mark kids a safe environment 
to learn and play.
  Pastor P is the proud husband of his wife, Keya, and he is the loving 
father of their three children, Gabie, P.J., and Elijah.
  I want to thank Pastor Pointer for gracing us with a wonderful 
opening prayer, and I wish him, his family, and Saint Mark Baptist 
Church continued success in the Little Rock community.

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