Living Word Christian Fellowship is a Christian church in Lee Green, South East London, England, UK. It was founded by Curdell McLeod in 2000 to “worship and minister the Word of God” and with “a clear mandate to go out into all the world to preach the gospel and to bring healing and deliverance to the oppressed.” ^[1]

Pastors

The original pastor of the church was Curdell McLeod. ^[2] Originally from Jamaica, she and her husband came to Britain in the 1950s. In the 1970s, they started a Homework Study Centre, facilitating after-school supplementary education for local underachieving and underprivileged children. Curdell previously worked in the Civil Service and in education.

In 1992 Curdell left her job as Deputy Principal of a further education college to enter full-time Christian ministry. She had been involved in pastoral ministry since 1988 through radio ministry on London's Premier Christian Radio, a TV series called The Living Word on Sky TV Channel 173, and teaching at Hampstead Bible College and South London Christian College.

Rev. Dr. Curdell McLeod died on 9th October 2019. The church continued under the leadership of her husband, Associate Pastor Herbert McLeod, her daughter Dr Jacqueline McLeod and her son David McLeod, with three other leaders and several staff. ^[3]

Critics and controversy

The Word of Faith or Prosperity theology emphasis adhered to by LWCF is widespread within Pentecostal churches.

It has been criticised in theological circles, particularly in academia. One of the earliest critics of the teaching was Oral Roberts University Professor Charles Farah, who published From the Pinnacle of the Temple in 1979, where he argued they were more about presumption than faith.^[4]

Facilities

LWCF runs a church, a training centre, a ministry for young leaders and a healing centre. They also ran an online radio station which closed in 2019.

References

External links

• LWCF website
• Keep the Faith magazine