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Overseer Hezekiah Walker Is the visionary, founder and Senior Pastor of the Love Fellowship Tabernacle Churches in Brooklyn, New York; Bensalem, Pennsylvania and Newark, New Jersey.
As a young pastor, he shepherds a growing and multi-cultural flock of members varying in age, race and socio-economic backgrounds. Born and raised in Brooklyn in the tumultuous Fort Greene public housing projects, he has risen to found, build and lead one of the greatest ministries in the northeast.
He catapulted into recognition in 1985 for his singing ability with the Grammy Award winning Love Fellowship Crusade Choir. It was during his travels with the Crusade Choir that enabled him to reach people from all walks of life that he had never encountered while growing up in the projects. This, unbeknownst to him at the time, would be the start of his pastoral training for many of his choir members would eventually become his church members. It was under the tutelage of Pastor Wilbur Jones, of the Beulah Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and Bishop Kenneth H. Moales, the Presiding Prelate of the Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ, that Pastor Walker would receive his confirmation and ordination into the pastoralship.
Love Fellowship Tabernacle was birthed in November 1994, located at 2425 Pacific Street, under the leadership of Elder Hezekiah Walker; which is the cradle of the Tabernacle with its humble beginnings of only eight members. The church, located in the East New York section of Brooklyn, congregated with young adolescent parishioners was dedicated to winning souls for Christ. As a result, many young people turned from a life of drugs, crime and sin because of his ability to preach, teach and “rightly divide” the Word of God without fear or reservation. The messages were, and still are, hardcore that the rap world responded to the realness of it and deemed him as the “Pastor of Hip Hop.” In the first year of the church’s ministry, Peter Jennings of ABC World News Tonight, covered a report on the 30% drop in crime in the East New York area because of the existence of Love Fellowship Tabernacle, according to the local 73rd and 75th precincts. Pastor Walker received an award from the local precincts and was also cited in 1995 by the Council of the City of New York for his outstanding work in the community.
The need for souls to be saved was always a priority on the heart of Pastor Walker, so on Easter Sunday 1996 Love Fellowship Tabernacle relocated to 464 Liberty Avenue. What had begun with only eight members had quickly blossomed to over 2000 plus members. The vision God gave to Pastor Walker was founded on the three “P’s:” Prayer, Preaching and Praise. As he led the people of God into prayer and praise, he labored diligently in the preaching of the gospel to ensure that people of all ages receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. His ability to motivate, inspire and empower through the Word of God drew people from all walks of life to Tuesday night’s prayer and Bible study, now known as the “Prayer Capital of New York City.” Presently, Pastor Walker and the church family are seeking the Lord for a mega-church facility to accommodate the overflow of souls in Brooklyn.
Recognizing the need for God’s power to be manifested throughout the nation, Pastor Walker, in 1998, established the Love Fellowship Tabernacle in Willingboro, New Jersey. Shortly thereafter in November of 2000, the Lord saw fit to “enlarge our territory” to a sprawling edifice at 5918 Hulmeville Road in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, a 2.4-acre facility. Since then, God has been moving and blessing beyond measure by enabling Pastor Walker to add to the Kingdom yet another Love Fellowship Tabernacle Church in Newark, New Jersey in June 2003. Love Fellowship Tabernacle the Kingdom Church is one church in multiple locations!
By the grace of God, in ten short years Pastor Walker is ministering nationally and internationally at churches, revivals, convocations and conferences and is repeatedly asked to share the crusade with some of today’s most dynamic ministries. Destiny has brought him along side some of the most prolific leaders and voices of our time: Bishop Kenneth Moales, Apostle Huie Rogers, Bishop T.D. Jakes, Bishop Norman Wagner, Pastor Rod Parsley, Bishop Noel Jones, Pastor Dennis Leonard, Pastor Shirley Caesar, Pastor John P. Kee, Reverend Jackie McCullough, Evangelist Rita Twiggs and Prophetess Juanita Bynum-Weeks.
Pastor Hezekiah Walker attended Long Island University, majoring in Sociology. He also attended Hugee Theological Seminary and New York School of the Bible. Currently, he is attending the Philadelphia Bible University in Bensalem, PA. Pastor Walker is the president and founder of the Love Fellowship Bible Institute and the youth pastor of the Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ.
On Thursday December 18, 2003 Pastor Hezekiah Walker was ordained Overseer by the Honorable Bishop Kenneth H. Moales during our 10th Founders Week Celebration. In his new God-ordained elevation, Overseer Walker has now begun a covenant relationship with other pastors here in the northeast. In the fullness of time, Overseer Walker’s new level of ministry will be revealed globally.
As is expected, more trials will come but Overseer Walker remains confident in this one fact:
“And Because God Is The Greatest Power, We Shall Not Be Defeated!” |
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