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 was ordained a bishop in the
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith in 2008, by the late Chief Apostle William L. Bonner, with his bishopric affirmed by his pastor, the late Bishop Kenneth H. Moales, Sr of the Pentecostal Churches of Jesus Christ later that year. Walker became the Presiding Prelate of the Pentecostal Churches of Jesus Christ in 2010, upon the passing of Bishop Moales. 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. 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 a more youthful and hip-hop leaning ensemble than its predecessor and its album hit the Top 5 of Billboard's Gospel Chart, and was nominated for a Grammy Award the same year. 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. Hezekiah Walker was inducted into
Phi Beta Sigma fraternity as an honorary member at their 2023 Conclave, held in Houston, Texas. ==Discography==