“For the Priests lips should keep knowledge; for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts”
~Malachi 2:7

Nothing is more influential in shaping and molding our world than a yielded vessel to carry the message of Christ's hope and deliverance for all. These attributes are found in Pastor/Evangelist Anthony W. Gilyard. He has been chosen to usher in a dynamic and powerful move of God. Like Nehemiah, he is not afraid of the assignment God has put in his hands to accomplish. His burning vision to see the lives of all mankind transformed by the revelation of God's Word is evident in his commitment to ministry and his lifestyle of holiness.

The Man
PASTOR GILYARD, a native of Tampa Florida was reared under the tutelage of two generations of leaders in the Church of God in Christ. He accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his Savior and the call to ministry at a young age. He was ordained an Elder at the age of twenty by the Late Bishop W.E. Davis, Jurisdictional Prelate of Southwestern Florida Church of God in Christ. During his tenure in the ministry, Elder Gilyard held numerous positions of leadership including Youth Pastor, Assistant Pastor and District Evangelist.

In 2003, he was elevated to Superintendent of the Kingdom Fellowship District within the New Garden State Jurisdiction, where he also serves as Executive Jurisdictional Secretary, and Co-chair of the Provisional Board under Jurisdictional Prelate, Bishop W.T. Cahoon.

The Ministry
In 1995, Pastor acknowledged God’s inspiration to move forward into full - time Evangelistic ministry. By faith he became a "spiritual nomad" following each ordered step resulting in relocation to New Jersey.  His mantle is Prophetic in purpose, Apostolic in function, Pastoral in compassion, and Evangelistic in outreach. Formally other ecclesiastical appointments have included  Jurisdictional President of Evangelism,  New Jersey Third Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, C.O.G.I.C.

He presently serves as a National Evangelist of the Churches of God in Christ worldwide and the First Assistant Director of the North East Regional Department of Evangelism.

The Movement
Seven years after traveling as a full time Evangelist, God compelled him to step into a new dimension of service to the office of Pastor. In November 2002, he obeyed the voice of God and established Bethlehem - Judah Christian Fellowship Church also known as "the House of Bread and Praise". B.J.C.F. proclaims itself to be a “Gate Church” with the objective of becoming a spiritual entry point for God and the Angelic hosts to reach the Northeast corridor of America.

In April 2008, only five years after the birth of Bethlehem-Judah, God favored and blessed him to facilitate the purchase of a $1.5 million dollar worship facility and administrative offices facility, in Elizabeth, NJ.  Hundreds across all ethnic backgrounds gather on a weekly basis for worship and the Word of Lord.

It is Pastor Gilyard’s prayer  that the preaching uttered from his lips be both an outreach and an in-reach to all that hear the Word and that the spoken Word be filled with compassion, revelation and a true deliverance experience that changes the lives of the masses.

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