Known as "The People's Bishop", our pastor is a shepherd that loves those he leads. Bishop Kevin Foreman is a renaissance man who has devoted his life to changing lives. Born in Denver, Colorado, and reared in Orange Mound, an area of Memphis, Tennessee, riddled with the plight that often accompanies the inner-city, From humble beginnings, through God's amazing grace, he has defied statistics and transcended superficial boundaries. Today, he is an influential pastor, successful church planter, bishop, success coach, in-demand speaker, author, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. Bishop Foreman is the founder and chancellor of Harvest Bible College. Pioneering #FitHarvest to promote healthy living in the Harvest movement, Bishop Foreman celebrated successfully shedding over 95 pounds through simple, yet powerful lifestyle changes. This is a testament to God's desire for us to walk in His "shalom", where nothing is missing, nothing is lacking, nothing is broken, and all is
well.
NOTABLE RECOGNITIONS
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2003 - Inducted into the Colorado Gospel Music Hall of Fame
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2007 - Named One of Colorado's Most Influential African-Americans by the Denver Urban Spectrum
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2009 - October 16th declared as “Bishop Kevin Foreman Day” in the city of Denver.
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2016 - October 16th declared as “Bishop Kevin Foreman Day” in the city of Aurora.
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2019 - Appointed to the Executive Board of the Greater Metro Denver Ministerial Alliance.
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2020 - Named Colorado's Pastor of the Year by the Colorado Gospel Music Awards
THE SPEAKER
As an in-demand & internationally traveled speaker, panelist, and featured guest in both sacred and secular venues, Bishop Foreman has the unique ability to relate to audiences of all pedigrees at churches, schools & colleges, businesses, trade organizations, and amongst leading executives.
THE PHILANTHROPIST
Believing that "we don't work to make a living, but rather live to make a giving," in 2008, Dr. Foreman launched the Harvest Foundation, which meets the practical needs of people through community-based events like the annual Back to School event, which serves several thousand families with needs like new backpacks full of school supplies, free food, free clothing, free haircuts, free dental supplies, and much more, ensuring that every student in the community can return to school equipped with what they need to be their best. Forging strategic partnerships with corporations and community leaders, Dr. Foreman and Harvest are known as community transformers.
Those partnerships exist with organizations that serve meals, provide toiletries, and other necessities to homeless teenagers, single mothers, and others.
Having given away 208,540+ pounds of food, 138,516+ articles of clothing, 4,540+ backpacks for students, 31 bikes for refugee women, and 24,702+ toys for children, 5,762+ families have been adopted, and $611,455.43+ has been given to missions.
THE CHURCH PLANTER
Described by his peers as an optimistic, compassionate, hard-working, integral, and approachable leader, in May of 2006, Bishop Foreman founded Harvest to be a church that is passionate about changing lives. As a result, Harvest Church is a thriving, progressive, multi-cultural, multi-generational, non-denominational church that was planted from scratch with no financial benefactor or outside support whatsoever in a region of America often referred to as the “church planter’s graveyard.
THE PASTOR
In vocational ministry for over twenty-five years, Bishop Foreman has become renowned for his bold, down-to-earth, practical, and humorous approach to presenting the Gospel, which makes the Bible easy to understand for all ages and backgrounds. Bishop Foreman is regarded as a fresh, engaging, and prolific voice of hope and transformation. His riveting and revelatory messages reach masses around the globe through a multitude of media platforms. Bishop boldly tackles taboo issues, makes them approachable, takes complex subjects, and makes them easy for everyone to understand.
THE BISHOP
As a rare, natural-born leader, a cornerstone of Bishop’s life is his zeal to invest in others. In 2006, he was chosen by a group of his peers to serve as a bishop, which is a pastor to pastors. In 2009, he was chosen to serve as the presiding bishop to a group of pastors that sought his consistent & proven leadership. Today, he invests in senior pastors and senior leaders through the Harvest Leadership Network. Bishop is also a member of the International Communion of Charismatic Churches, which represents over six thousand ministries with over three hundred bishops on six continents.
THE ENTREPRENEUR
Entrepreneurialism has been in the veins of Bishop Foreman since pioneering his first business as an adolescent. Bishop Foreman has been a job creator & innovator in a plethora of industries and knows how to turn nothing into something significant & successful. Take Dr. Foreman’s step-by-step course to build a successful business or organization below.
THE SUCCESS COACH
Even greats like Michael Jordan have coaches to help them reach the zenith of their potential. In addition to his commitment to changing lives for God's glory, despite a full schedule, Bishop still makes himself available for one-on-one mentorship in life, spirituality, pre-marital, relationships & church/executive leadership through Coaching Sessions. These are offered at no cost, but a minimum offering is received which is used to support Harvest Foundation. So while you are being coached, your offering is changing lives.