About LFTWe expand
the Kingdom.

The Kingdom Church | Love Fellowship Temple is a Christian church in West Hempstead, New York, led by Senior Pastor Bishop James H. Byrd.

Who we are

Our church

The Kingdom Church |Love Fellowship Temple.

Our mission

Through worship, teaching, discipleship, prayer, and love, we are developing people who live with Kingdom knowledge, power, authority, and love.

Our four pillars

  1. Knowledge.
  2. Power.
  3. Authority.
  4. Love.

Our Senior Pastor

Bishop
James H. Byrd

Senior Pastor

Bishop James H. Byrd, Senior Pastor of The Kingdom Church | Love Fellowship Temple.

A Long Island native and longtime preacher and teacher of the Word, Bishop James H. Byrd serves as Senior Pastor of The Kingdom Church | Love Fellowship Temple in West Hempstead, New York. What began as a Bible study in 2004 grew into the ministry he continues to shepherd today, with a commitment to prayer, discipleship and raising leaders for the Kingdom of God.

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Our life together

A church
of prayer.

LFT is a church of prayer, deliverance, love and reconciliation.

Jesus Christ is at the center of our worship, and we give the Holy Spirit room to lead. We pray with expectation. We believe God delivers and sets people free. And we work toward reconciliation, with God and with one another.

Members of Love Fellowship Temple pray together during worship.

Statement of belief

What we believe.

  1. We believe in one Lord, one Faith, and one Baptism.

    Ephesians 4:5

  2. We believe that the Holy Bible is the Word of God. It is true. It contains the keys to inheriting eternal life, and it reveals the mystery of our faith.

    John 5:39 · Deuteronomy 29:29

  3. We believe in the oneness of God, who was the Father in creation, the Son in redemption, and today, He is the Holy Ghost in The Church.

    I Timothy 3:16

  4. We believe in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, died on the cross for the sins of the world, was placed in a tomb, and was resurrected on the third day.

    Matthew 1:21, 27:38–60, 28:1–7 · John 2:18–22, 8:46, 10:17–18 · Romans 5:6 · I Corinthians 15:22 · I John 2:1–2

  5. We believe that Jesus is God, for in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form. We proclaim Lord Jesus Christ is the name of God that was given to this generation as the only Name whereby the people of this Grace dispensation of time can be saved.

    Colossians 2:9 · Acts 4:12

  6. We accept God’s plan of salvation of baptism by water and spirit. Jesus Christ, who was our perfect example, though sinless, was baptized to fulfill righteousness.

    John 3:5 · Matthew 3:16

  7. We believe that water baptism by immersion must be into the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of sins.

    Acts 2:38 · Acts 8:37

  8. We believe that speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives utterance is the initial evidence of the baptism of the Holy Ghost.

    Acts 2:4

  9. We believe that the Word of God must be proclaimed throughout all the world, according to God’s commandments.

    Matthew 28:19 · Mark 16:15 · Romans 10:18

  10. Our Blessed Hope lies in Christ Jesus our LORD who has given us the victory over death and hell. Therefore, standing firm on His promise, we anticipate the second coming of Jesus Christ, that great day of resurrection which shall surely come. On that day, the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then, we which are alive and remain will be changed and caught up together with them in the air. And so shall we forever be with our LORD and Savior Jesus Christ.

    John 14:3 · I Corinthians 15:51–58 · I Thessalonians 4:15–17

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