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Download official Extensions PDFReturn to issue contextHON. CLEO FIELDS
of louisiana
in the house of representatives
Mr. FIELDS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to salute a thriving congregation in my district, Oasis Christian Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as it marks more than sixty years of worship, outreach, and service to the people of East Baton Rouge Parish.
founded by Reverend H.P. Greene in 1962. It had fourteen members who met at a home. The congregation later moved to a building on North 43rd Street and later relocated to a building on North 32nd Street. That building was destroyed by fire, and a new church was built in the same location, at 1608 North 32nd Street. At the time Reverend Wallace was asked to bring the message at Sweet Home, Reverend Greene was unable to fulfill his duties as pastor due to illness. Reverend Wallace continued to bring the message every Sunday from that point.
On January 14, 1990, Reverend Charles E. Wallace was installed as Pastor of Sweet Home Baptist Church. The church had approximately sixteen active members. Pastor Wallace taught and preached the Word of God while working diligently with the congregation to bring about change. With much teaching and prayer, the members began to tithe and offer. Consequently, the congregation's faith grew, finances increased, and the seventeen-thousand-dollar mortgage on the building was paid in full four years early.
by the Holy Spirit that God had given him a name for a church before he became a pastor. Bishop Wallace told the members of Sweet Home Baptist Church that God revealed to him that he would pastor a church called Oasis Christian Center, now known as Oasis Christian Church.
hold three worship services each Sunday due to the size of the building. Oasis Christian Center had reached a membership of two hundred members. It was time to purchase a larger facility. In 1998, Oasis Christian Center purchased a facility at 4524 East Brookstown Drive. Worship services were held every Sunday at nine o'clock in the morning, and Bible Study on Wednesdays at seven o'clock in the evening.
Oasis Christian Church. God also gave the vision and provisions to begin a television outreach ministry, and Oasis Christian Church began to be viewed on cable and local television stations four times per week.
worship services, at eight o'clock and ten thirty. In that same year the Debt Free in 2003, Do More in 2004 pledge campaign began. Its mission was to pay off all church debt in 2003 and prepare to build a new multi-purpose building in 2004. Members and visitors made pledges and fulfilled almost all pledges during that year. In June of the following year. Oasis Christian Church purchased two pieces of propelty adjacent to the church for its expansion.
property adjacent to the church property. The mortgage was paid in full in June 2004, six years early, and a Note Burning Service was held July 11, 2004. Groundbreaking for the new multi-purpose facility was held in August of that same year. Oasis Christian Church has approximately seven hundred members. Its foundation scripture is, For we walk by faith, not by sight, Second Corinthians 5:7.
Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in saluting Oasis Christian Church for more than sixty years of faithful service, and in wishing its pastor and congregation God's continued favor in the years ahead.