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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 805 

Honoring the life of Dr. D. James Kennedy. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 6, 2007 

Mr. STEARNS (for himself, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, 

Mr. JORDAN of Ohio, Mr. WOLF, Mr. PENCE, Mr. PITTS, Mr. WELDON

of Florida, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. COBLE, Mr. GINGREY, and Mr. INGLIS

of South Carolina) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 

to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring the life of Dr. D. James Kennedy. 

Whereas D. James Kennedy was born in Augusta, Georgia in 

1930; 

Whereas D. James Kennedy earned a Bachelor of Arts from 

the University of Tampa, a Master of Divinity from Colombia Theological Seminary, a Master of Theology from 

Chicago Graduate School of Theology, and a Ph.D. from 

New York University; 

Whereas Dr. Kennedy took over a congregation of 45 people 

meeting in a school cafeteria in 1959 and built it into the 

10,000 member Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort 

Lauderdale, Florida; 


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Whereas Dr. Kennedy served Coral Ridge Presbyterian 

Church as senior pastor for 48 years; 

Whereas Decision magazine named Coral Ridge Presbyterian 

Church one of the ‘‘Five Great Churches of North America’’; 

Whereas in 1962, Dr. Kennedy founded Evangelism Explosion International, the first Christian organization in history to establish its ministry in all 211 nations in the 

world; 

Whereas through the efforts of Evangelism Explosion, nearly 

5,000,000 people professed faith in Christ in 2006 alone; 

Whereas Dr. Kennedy established the Evangelism Explosion 

Prison Ministry, training members of the church to visit 

and minister to those who are incarcerated and offering 

positive alternatives to involvement with crime; 

Whereas in 2003, Dr. Kennedy also established Seniors 

Evangelism Explosion, a ‘‘Ministry to those often Forgotten,’’ training church members to visit the elderly in 

nursing homes, extended care facilities, convalescent centers and also visiting shut-ins; 

Whereas in 1989 Dr. Kennedy established Knox Theological 

Seminary to prepare and equip Christians for ministry; 

Whereas in 1995, Dr. Kennedy launched the Center for 

Christian Statesmanship, a Capitol Hill outreach group 

that offered Bible studies to Members of Congress and 

their staff; 

Whereas Dr. Kennedy also founded the Center for Reclaiming America, to engage people in the political process; 


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Whereas Dr. Kennedy hosted, ‘‘The Coral Ridge Hour,’’ one 

of the Nation’s most widely syndicated religious programs 

reaching as many as 3,500,000 people each week; 

Whereas Dr. Kennedy’s broadcasts of ‘‘The Coral Ridge 

Hour’’ aired on more than 400 stations and 4 cable networks, including Trinity Broadcasting Network and the 

NRB Network, as well as broadcast to more than 150 

countries on the Armed Forces Network; 

Whereas in 2005 Dr. Kennedy was inducted into the National Religious Broadcasters Hall of Fame; 

Whereas Dr. Kennedy wrote more than 65 books over his 

lifetime, the first being ‘‘Evangelism Explosion,’’ which 

has sold over 1,500,000 copies; and 

Whereas Dr. Kennedy lived modesty and was never tainted 

by any moral or financial scandal: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives, on the 

2 occasion of the death of Dr. D. James Kennedy— 

3 (1) mourns Dr. Kennedy’s passing and ex4 presses its deepest condolences to his family, includ5 ing Mrs. Anne Kennedy, his loving wife of 51 years, 

6 and his daughter Mrs. Jennifer Kennedy Cassidy; 

7 and 

8 (2) honors Dr. Kennedy’s lifetime of service 

9 and sacrifice to his God, his country, the ideals of 

10 the Christian faith, and his work that provided hope 

11 to millions, and inspired them to build community 

12 through service to those around them. 

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