Pastor & First Lady

Bishop Dwight L. Haygood, Sr. accepted his call to the ministry while at Fort Polk, LA under the leadership of Elder Maurice Johnson in 1984. Upon relocating to Germany, Bishop Haygood served under Elder Leon Ross, Jr. and Elder Robert Hawkins. He was ordained in the August 1987 during the Germany Jurisdiction Convocation. Bishop Haygood has served as president of choirs, of brotherhoods, and as Assistant Pastor.

In August 1999, Bishop Haygood was appointed Pastor of Hope Temple Church of God in Christ by Bishop A. T. Moore during the Kentucky First Jurisdiction Holy Convocation. Bishop Haygood gripped the mantle that the late Superintendent J. Johnson passed on to him, and with the support of the saints and the strength of the Lord, Bishop Haygood put both hands to the plow to perform the duties placed upon him and to perfect the ministry before him.

From Pastor to District Superintendent to Bishop of Kentucky First Jurisdiction, Pastor Haygood remains a visionary. The Lord had Bishop Haygood in mind for this time and this season.

Missionary Mildred Haygood received her Evangelist Missionary license from the late Mother Jean Wright in 1991. As a missionary in this church, she endeavors to share that “love conquers all” and to focus on teaching women to be God fearing, understandable, loving, and giving wives and mothers. Missionary Hay good's favorite saying is “See God in it.” Her desire is to be an effective Evangelist and a motivational speaker, empowering young and old alike to strengthen their spiritual man and to go after God’s face. Missionary Haygood’s love for God, the ministry, and His people grows daily. Her favorite scripture is “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.” Phil. 1:6