[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5646]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




HONORING APOSTLE THEODORE THOMAS HERRING, SR. ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 40 
                           YEARS IN MINISTRY

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                         HON. G. K. BUTTERFIELD

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, April 5, 2017

  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize and congratulate my 
constituent, Apostle Theodore Thomas Herring, Sr. for 40 faithful years 
in the ministry. Apostle Herring has used his ministry to inspire and 
uplift people for decades. He has honored God and his community in 
immeasurable ways.
  Apostle Herring holds a master's degree in Theology from St. Paul's 
Bible Institute. He accepted the call to the ministry in April of 1977. 
On September 1, 1979, he was ordained pastor of Salvation and 
Deliverance Church located in Tarboro, North Carolina. Since his 
ordination, Apostle Herring has received numerous accolades for his 
work, including being named Pastor of the Year. He was named an 
``Apostle of the Lord'' by the Chief Apostle of the Salvation and 
Deliverance Churches Worldwide in 2005. Apostle Herring also received 
an honorary certificate from Governor James B. Hunt for extraordinary 
services rendered at the Caledonia Correctional Institute.
  Salvation and Deliverance Church's first location was a small room in 
a pool hall located on Main Street in Tarboro. The church's first 
members were Apostle Herring, his wife, First Lady Evangelist Elizabeth 
Herring, and their four children. Despite these humble beginnings, 
Apostle Herring preached diligently every Sunday and utilized the 
singing talent of his sons to bring in more members.
  As time went on, the church began to grow by leaps and bounds. People 
were drawn to Apostle Herring's dynamic sermons and the church's 
critically acclaimed Salvation and Deliverance Choir. Under the 
guidance of Apostle and Evangelist Herring, the SDC Choir won numerous 
awards from various competitions including the Quaker Oats Voices of 
Tomorrow Youth Gospel Choir Competition, the Pathmark Gospel Choir 
Competition, UPN's Most Soulful Gospel Sound, Verizon's How Sweet the 
Sound Competition, and McDonald's GospelFest. In addition, the SDC 
choir has shared the stage with gospel artists such as Shirley Caesar, 
Yolanda Adams, Byron Cage, and Marvin Sapp and released its debut 
recording, ``More Than Conquerors.''
  Mr. Speaker, Apostle Theodore Thomas Herring, Sr. is an inspiring 
teacher and dynamic minister of the Gospel. His faithful service to God 
and the ministry deserve of all his previous accolades and those yet to 
come. I ask my colleagues here in the United States House of 
Representatives to please join me in expressing sincere appreciation 
for Apostle Herring's faithfulness and extraordinary service to 
communities across our state and Nation.

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