APOSTLE JOHN LOUIS HICKMAN, JR.
 Bishop John Louis Hickman, Jr. is the Chief Apostle of
The Living Word Fellowship of International Churches. He
is the founding pastor and visionary of The Living Word
Faith Center, a non-denominational, multi-ethnic church
located in Houston, Texas. Bishop Hickman is married to
Dr. Liza and is the proud father of Bernadette, Rebecca
and Angela.
Currently
he and his wife, Dr. Liza Hickman serves as senior
pastors of Life Enrichment Ministries in Atlanta,
Georgia and The Living Word Faith Center in Houston,
Texas. He is a spiritual son of Bishop Wellington Boone
of the Fathers House and a member of the Joint College
of African American Pentecostal Bishops.
This
charismatic man of faith was born in Nashville,
Tennessee. He served a 3 year tour of duty in the Navy
after high school graduation and followed with 20 years
in US Air Force Reserves. He is a retired Major. He
holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the
University of California; a Master’s Degree in School
Administration from Tarleton State University and
certified in Educational Leadership from the University
of Arkansas. Doctoral Studies were pursued at Vanderbilt
University.
An
educator at heart, Bishop Hickman occupied an extensive
career in the public school system. He served as
teacher, coach, and assistant principal in Fort Worth,
Texas; principal of the historic Central High School in
Little Rock Arkansas; and superintendent of the Gould
Independent School System, Gould Arkansas. After 20
years of public school service, Bishop answered the call
from God to preach the Gospel. He attended Jerry Savelle
School of World Evangelism and completed his ministerial
training.
In 2001,
the Lord directed Bishop John Hickman to establish a
church in Houston, Texas. Heeding this directive, The
Living Word Faith Center was organized and established
in the heart of Southwest Houston. Today the church
continues to thrive as a center for healing and
deliverance.
In 2003
Bishop Robert Young of the Episcopal Church, Fort-Worth
Diocese consecrated Pastor John Hickman to the office of
Bishop. Immediately Bishop Hickman began training sons
and daughters to expand the Kingdom of God through the
first school of ministry and Bible College he organized
in Houston, Texas. The passion of God blazed his heart
for Africa. Pursuing the call, he planted and
established his first church in 2004 in Port Harcourt,
Nigeria; within a few months, the second church and a
Bible college in Lagos, Nigeria was planted. After
successfully planting his third church in Abuja, March
2005, Archbishop Abraham Onyieran, the presiding
prelature of The Pentecostal Churches, laid hands and
affirmed Bishop John Hickman to the office of Apostle in
Lagos, Nigeria.
In the
following months of 2005 this apostle was met with
increased demands to father and mentor other pastors in
the USA. He then established “The Living Word Fellowship
of International Churches” to facilitate the need. The
first Convocation of The Fellowship of International
Churches convened October 2006.
Apostle
Hickman has planted and established churches abroad in
Nigeria, Philippine Island, and Dominican Republic. He
continues with passion to serve the African Nations. His
work there is reflected in four established Bible
Colleges in Abuja, Port Harcourt, and Lagos, Nigeria;
and an orphanage, “The Hickman House” in Bush Back
Creek, South Africa. Apostle oversees USA churches in
Texas, Louisiana, Georgia and Florida. He is a beloved
father to bishops in his reformation, and celebrated
among the Body of Christ for his humility, generosity
and counsel.
He
ministers in seminars, revivals, and conferences on
national and international platforms. He is recognized
as a thorough clinician is leadership training and for
his dynamic delivery of the Word of God making scripture
come to life with anecdotal stories, humor, and relevant
truths that transform. As a uniquely gifted prophet,
Apostle John Hickman’s ministry is marked with heart
felt passion for people, healing, deliverance and
miracles.
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