Hezekiah Walker

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Bishop
Hezekiah Walker
Birth nameHezekiah Xzavier Walker Jr.
Also known as
  • "Hez"
  • "Hezzie"
Born (1962-12-24) December 24, 1962 (age 62)
Origin Brooklyn, New York
Genres Gospel
Occupations
  • Writer
  • director
  • minister
Years active1985–present
Labels

Hezekiah Xzavier Walker Jr. (born December 24, 1962) is an American gospel music artist and the pastor of Love Fellowship Tabernacle in Brooklyn, New York. Walker has released several albums on Benson Records and Verity Records as Hezekiah Walker & The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir.

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Biography

Hezekiah Xzavier Walker Jr. was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Long Island University, majoring in Sociology. He also attended Hugee Theological Institute, and the New York School of the Bible. Walker became a bishop in the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith in 2008, and transferred to the Pentecostal Churches of Jesus Christ later that year. Walker became the Presiding Prelate of the Pentecostal Churches of Jesus Christ in 2010. [1]

In 2001, Hezekiah & The LFT Church Choir were nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Best Gospel Artist, Traditional on the strength of the album Love Is Live! Walker has won Grammy Awards for Best Gospel Album By Choir Or Chorus twice: once for Live in Atlanta at Morehouse College (1994) with The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir, and once for Love Is Live! (2001) with The LFT Church Choir. [2]

Separate from The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir, Walker's LFT Church Choir released two albums entitled Recorded Live At Love Fellowship Tabernacle in 1998 and "Love Is Live" in 2001. LFT Church Choir was more youthful and hip-hop leaning ensemble than its predecessor and its album hit the Top 5 of Billboard's Gospel Chart, [3] and was nominated for a Grammy Award the same year. [4]

In 2021, Pastor Frank Santora, of Faith Church in New Milford, Connecticut, and Hezekiah Walker joined together to start a church in Times Square, New York City, called Every Tribe Church. [5] Hezekiah Walker was inducted into Phi Beta Sigma fraternity as an honorary member at their 2023 Conclave, held in Houston, Texas.

Discography

Albums

Compilations

Singles

Trivia

References

  1. ↑ "Meet the Pastor | The Kingdom Church". Love Fellowship Tabernacle. Archived from the original on May 31, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Hezekiah Walker - Awards". IMDb . Archived from the original on January 11, 2025. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  3. ↑ Bonner, Gerard. "Interview With The Love Fellowship Tabernacle Choir: LFT Comes On Strong". GospelFlava.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2002. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Hezekiah Walker Awards & Nominations". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on December 22, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  5. ↑ "ABOUT". Every Tribe Church. Archived from the original on January 18, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Hezekiah Walker". GospelCity. June 11, 2001. Archived from the original on November 1, 2004. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
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