Reverend Dr. Glen Bohannon
College Acres Baptist Church
Wilmington, NC
Sponsor: Rep. John Culberson, (R-TX)
Date of Prayer: 12/04/2012
One Minute Speech Given in Recognition of the Guest Chaplain:
Mr. CULBERSON. Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege to have with us today as our guest chaplain, Dr. Glen Dale Bohannon, who now pastors a church in North Carolina, but who understands clearly the importance of this great institution that it's our privilege to represent. I think Dr. Bohannon's prayer was appropriate to strengthen these great institutions that were created for the sole purpose of protecting our liberty.
Dr. Bohannon was married to Jo Ann Summers on October 26, 1957, was saved on February 2, 1959, and became an ordained pastor on November 20, 1960. Dr. Bo is a graduate of Southeast Missouri University and received his master's of divinity from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1972 and his doctorate of ministry in 1985.
Glen and his wife, Jo Ann, have three children: Lisa, John, and Glen, Jr. John and his wife, Jody, have three children, Glen and Jo's grandchildren: Summer, Levi, and Joelle.
Dr. Bohannon has served churches in Missouri, Virginia, and North Carolina. He retired from full–time pastorate in 1996 after serving at Central Baptist Church of Richmond, Virginia, for 10 1/2 years. He received his intentional interim training from 1996–1997, and has since served as an intentional interim pastor and as an interim pastor in several churches in Virginia and North Carolina.
Dr. Bohannon currently serves as the interim senior pastor at College Acres Baptist Church in Wilmington, North Carolina. He recently completed an intentional interim at Memorial Baptist Church in Arlington, Virginia, where my family attends when we're in the D.C. area. We're honored to have our good friend, Dr. Glen Bohannon, here as the pastor of the House for the day.
Opening Prayer Given by the Guest Chaplain:
Our Father in Heaven, who desires that all people breathe the fresh air of freedom, enable us to walk worthy of all rights sacrificially handed down to us by patriots past and present.
So lead us that we will not take for granted the blessings of our Constitution, our laws, and all institutions that help make these United States an instrument of peace and purpose.
Strengthen our resolve not to confuse liberty with license, restraint with weakness, and half error with full truth.
Empower and motivate us to cultivate a spirit of goodness and a high sense of honor. Deepen our desire to practice virtues of conduct to help make our Nation strong and deserving to endure.
Our eternal God, open our eyes today to see that our Nation's greatest threat is not all external, but the inner thought that we can afford to live without dependence upon You. This I pray in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.
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