About Jack W. Hayford
Jack Hayford (June 25, 1934 – January 8, 2023) was an American Pentecostal minister, author, songwriter, and broadcaster. He is best known for serving as the senior pastor of The Church on the Way (formerly First Foursquare Church of Van Nuys, California) from 1969 to 1999, a congregation that became one of the early megachurches in the United States. Hayford also served as the fifth President of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel from 2004 to 2009. Hayford wrote more than 600 hymns and choruses. He wrote and composed the worship song "Majesty" (1978). The fourth president of Life Pacific University from 1977 to 1982. In his later years, he founded The King's University (originally The King's College and Seminary in Vuy Nuys, CA), which relocated to TX, where he served as Chancellor. His lifetime contributions to ministry and religious broadcasting were recognized with his 2014 induction into the National Religious Broadcasters Hall of Fame. In the late 1990s, Hayford felt called to establish a Pentecostal seminary in Los Angeles to train other pastors and founded The King's College and Seminary, which would later become known as The King's University.
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