HR953 Summary

• Recognizes the 50th anniversary of Briarwood Presbyterian Church, founded September 25, 1960, in Cahaba Heights, Alabama.

• Church grew from 92 charter members to over 4,200 members and hosted the first General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) in 1973.

• Over 50 years, more than 450 members accepted calls to full-time international missionary service and 350 members entered domestic ministry.

• Dr. Frank M. Barker, Jr., the church's founder, retired in 1999 and was replaced by current minister Dr. Harry L. Reeder, III.

• Directs delivery of this resolution to Dr. Harry L. Reeder, III, expressing the House of Representatives' sincere gratitude and highest esteem.