Rev. Herbert D Daughtry

The Reverend Dr. Herbert Daughtry hails from a family which has produced six generations of Black church leaders. Born in Savannah, Georgia, and raised on the streets of Brooklyn, New York and Jersey City, New Jersey, Reverend Daughtry has risen to positions of national and international prominence. He is the National Presiding Bishop Emeritus of The House of the Lord

Churches, he served as the Bishop of the church for 62 years. More than 65 years of involvement in church and community service has earned him the title, “The People’s Pastor.”

In the early 60s, during the war on poverty years, Rev. Daughtry served as Vice-Chair for Youth in Action, one of the major anti-poverty and youth concern organizations in New York. Rev. Daughtry was leader in the fight for quality education first for integration and then for community control of schools. Especially highlighted in the Ocean hill-Brownsville struggle. He supported women, especially welfare rights for mothers. He served as the Vice Chair of Metropolitan New York Operation Breadbasket, the economic arm of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference founded by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. William Jones was Chairman and Rev. Al Sharpton served as Youth leader.

In the 70s, Dr. Daughtry and Charles Barron waged a successful fight to keep African and Asian studies in the elementary public schools. He was the Founding Chairman of the New York Black United Front and later Founding Chair of the National Black United Front (NBUF). In the 80s, he was founding chair of the African People’s Christian Organization (APCO). In the early 90s, Rev. Dr. Gardener C. Taylor and Assemblyman Al Vann and Reverend Daughtry organized the African American Clergy and Elected Officials (AACEO) that helped David Dinkins to become the first Black Mayor in New York City; he was voted Chairman of the organization.

Currently, he is the founding chair of Downtown Brooklyn Neighborhood Alliance (DBNA). The organization was able to negotiate with the developer Forest City Ratner, who proposed to construct 4.5-billion-dollar developments which included a state-of-the-art entertainment center (now the Barclays Center) 16-high rises, and other buildings. DBNA was able to negotiate a six-point benefit community package which included complimentary tickets for all events, a luxury suite; use of the arena by the community; state of the art health facility, annual grants, and intergenerational initiatives. Reverend Dr. Daughtry is founding President and Chairman of Herbert Daughtry Global Ministries (HDGM).