May 14, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 80 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO REVEREND DR. RONNIE FLOYD

  (Mr. WOMACK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. WOMACK. Mr. Speaker, this Sunday, the Reverend Dr. Ronnie Floyd, 
senior pastor of Cross Church in northwest Arkansas, will deliver his 
final sermon in a joint service of the many campuses at Bud Walton 
Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
  Dr. Floyd has served as senior pastor at Cross Church for almost 33 
years. He has presided over an unprecedented expansion of the church 
over four campuses in Arkansas and Missouri, with a combined membership 
of nearly 28,000.
  Under his vision and leadership, just under 23,000 have come to know 
Christ as their personal savior, and Cross Church has an enviable 
reputation of bringing the gospel of Jesus Christ to the Nation and the 
world.
  Average weekly attendance has grown from 1,800 people in 1986 to 
nearly 10,000 today.
  Dr. Floyd will become the president and CEO of the Southern Baptist 
Convention's executive committee on May 20 in Nashville, Tennessee.
  I speak for the entire congregation of Cross Church in wishing Dr. 
Floyd and his wife, Jeana, the Lord's blessings during this transition 
to a new and exciting ministry and thank him for 33 terrific years at 
Cross Church.

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