Alfonso R. Bernard Sr. (born August 10, 1953) is the founder, CEO and pastor of the Christian Cultural Center megachurch in Brooklyn, New York.
Bernard worked after school in the garment district pushing racks for $2.00 per hour to assist his mother in their single parent household.
In 1988, Household of Faith turned an abandoned Brooklyn supermarket into a 1000-seat sanctuary, naming it Christian Life Center in June 1989, with a membership of 625.
[citation needed] In 1995 they purchased a vacant lot adjacent to Starrett City and the church moved into its new home on December 31, 2000.
[10] The purpose of the board was to "provide advisory support to Mr. Trump on those issues important to Evangelicals and other people of the faith in America,” the campaign said in a statement.
[2] His eldest son, Alfonso R. Bernard Jr., died from an asthma attack on 4 February 2015 at the age of 39 and is survived by his wife Janel and four children.