[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 68 (Thursday, May 26, 1994)] [Extensions of Remarks] [Page E] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov] [Congressional Record: May 26, 1994] From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] TRIBUTE TO BISHOP REESE PRICE, JR. ______ HON. MEL REYNOLDS of illinois in the house of representatives Wednesday, May 25, 1994 Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to bring to the attention of my colleagues, the outstanding work done by a great leader in my congressional district, Bishop Reese Price, Jr., of the Victory Apostolic Faith Church. Attached is a proclamation I issued Bishop Price commending him for his work. Proclamation Whereas Bishop Reese Price, Jr. was the seventh son, the last of twelve children born to Reese and Hannah Price in Lee County, in the hills of Haynes, Arkansas. Bishop Price and his late wife Dovetta Marie Sloan are the proud parents of twelve children. God blessed him to find love again after the untimely death of his late wife and to marry the former Ruth Shaw; and Whereas Bishop Price was Called by God to the Ministry November 4, 1957, he received the Bachelor of Religious Education from the International Bible Institute and Seminary, he is the Founder and Pastor of the Victory Apostolic Faith Church established July 10, 1961 growing spiritually, in numbers, and in its facilities. The church moved to May street in 1971, and added the ``Dovetta Annex'' in 1990 to accommodate the growth in membership; and Whereas Bishop Price is a Churchman he was elevated to District Elder of the Pentecostal Churches of The Apostolic Faith, and was Ordained Bishop in August 1987, he is a former Chairman of the Illinois Council and Vice President of the Pentecostal Churches of the Apostolic Faith Board of Directors, Vice President of the Midwest Apostolic Bible College, member of the Ordination Committee, Overseer and Treasurer of Foreign Missions, Diocesan Bishop of Oklahoma and Arkansas; and Whereas Bishop Price is a dedicated man of God and a Humanitarian, committed to serving the whole person, he provides free counseling, food pantry and the Victory Christian Centers providing a thrift store, free clothing for foreign missions, free school supplies, free tutoring. He is the overseer for mission work in Liberia West Africa and Haiti, with a trade school, an Orphanage, and three grade schools, including medical care for the children, transportation, clothing, and agricultural projects to feed the people and provide income. Bishop Price is the author of a book entitled, ``We Are Fixed'': Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Congress of the United States wishes to acknowledge the accomplishments of Bishop Reese Price, Jr. and the Victory Apostolic Faith Church, Chicago, Illinois by entering these accomplishments into the Congressional Record and Archives of the One Hundred and Third Congress. ____________________