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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
IN RECOGNITION OF DR. REV. EVERETT B. KELLEY'S RETIREMENT
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HON. MIKE ROGERS
of alabama
in the house of representatives
Monday, January 28, 2019
Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize Dr. Rev.
Everett B. Kelley as he retires after 31 years as a pastor.
Everett, a native of Goodwater, Alabama, rededicated his life to
Christ and united with the Greater New Hope Baptist Church in
Sylacauga, Alabama in 1982. In 1985, he accepted his call into the
ministry and preached his first sermon in December. He was called to
pastor at St. Mary Missionary Baptist Church in August 1987.
Rev. Kelley enlisted in the United States Army and served three
years. He established B & K Cabinets and K & G Cabinets in Oxford,
Alabama. He is a retired employee of Anniston Army Depot. From 2002 to
2016, he served as President of American Federation of Government
Employees (AFGE) Local 1945 and Chaplain for Alabama State Councils of
AFGE. From 2011 to 2018, he served as National Vice President of AFGE
District 5 and in August of 2018, was elected as National Secretary
Treasurer of AFGE.
He is married to Elizabeth Kelley and has been blessed with four
children and six grandchildren. His education includes: Hannah J.
Mallory Elementary, Sylacauga High School, Central Alabama Community
College, Selma University, Birmingham Baptist Bible College and Rushing
Spring School of Theology where he has earned his Bachelor and Master's
of Theology. In 2014, he earned a Doctorate of Philosophy in Christian
Counseling, and an honorary Doctorate of Divinity at St. Thomas
Christian University.
Rev. Kelley is the former instructor at Rushing Springs School of
Theology and former instructor of Christian Education and Evangelism at
the Birmingham Estonian Bible College at the Anniston campus. In July
2005, he was certified in the E. K. Bailey Expository Preaching
Conference and in 2011, received his advanced certification in the E.
K. Bailey Exposition Preaching Conference.
He serves on the board for Habitat for Humanity CBTU, and a member of
the Labor Roundtable. He has served on Supervisory Committee of the AOD
Federal Credit Union board, Calhoun County Economic Development
Council, former board member of AUSA and member of East Alabama
Planning Board. He is President and founder of ``Cruzin for Jesus Motor
Club, Inc.'', and President/CEO of E. B. Kelley Ministries, LLC,
Kelley's Photography, and President of Project Hope Outreach Ministries
INC.
He's a 2014 graduate of Leadership Alabama, recipient of the 2014
Lifetime Achievement Award, 2016 and 2017 NAACP Image Award, 2017
graduate of NLLI and 2019 NAN ``Labor Leader of the Year Award''. He is
the author of 31 Day Walk by Faith to Better Health.
Madam Speaker, please join me in congratulating my friend Everett on
his retirement and thanking him for his service to the Lord.
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