Bishop Daniel E. Boyd was born November 20, 1974, in Sumter, South Carolina, to the parents of Jackie and Joyce Boyd. He is a 1993 graduate of Sumter High School and a veteran of the United States Army. Recognizing that God had a call on his life he accepted his call into the ministry on June 15, 1997. He served as the Youth Pastor of Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Hinesville, Georgia for seven years. His tremendous love for the youth enabled him to assist hundreds of young people and provide valuable direction and guidance throughout Hinesville and surrounding communities over the years.

In December 2009, under the direction of the Lord, Bishop Boyd founded Emmanuel Christian Church (ECC)in Richmond Hill, Georgia, where he has Pastored for the last thirteen years. The ministry has been a blessing in the local community by providing a place of worship relative to the needs of the community. The ministry is kingdom focused and believes in exhibiting a great love for God’s people, with a church theme of “Loving God and His people by teaching them the Word, by the power of the Holy Spirit.”

Under Bishop Boyd’s guidance, the ministry has increased each year and continues to build God’s Kingdom throughout the Richmond Hill area and beyond. In 2017, under the vision of Bishop Boyd, ECC was favored to purchase land to build a church. Emmanuel Christian Church is now located at 866 Clarkstown Rd, in Richmond Hill, Georgia. This rapid growth can only be contributed to a tremendous move by God and the vision of ECC of “Building the Kingdom of God one Person at a Time.” His love for the people of God and the lost has led him to work with area churches to pursue a spirit of unity and excellence within the Richmond Hill community.

Bishop Boyd currently works with; the local area schools, the Ministerial Alliance, the NAACP of Bryan County, Chaplin for the Richmond Hill Fire Department has served on the Bryan County Chamber of Commerce Board and newly appointed Men’s Director of the United Ministerial Alliance of Liberty County. He further assists as needed in Bryan and Liberty County communities to provide community support, and volunteer liaison assistance as needed, in addition to full-time employment with the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs Office in Savannah, Georgia. Additionally, he has obtained certification as a Symbis Facilitator and his Bachelor of Religious Arts in Theology.

Bishop Boyd and Emmanuel Christian Church fall under Kingdom Fellowship Interdependent Ministries under the Presiding Bishop – Bishop Kevin L. Betton Sr. Additionally, he was elevated to the honorable position of Bishop and serves as the Bishop over protocol. Bishop Designate Boyd is married to the former Elisha Jacobs of Gadsden, Alabama. They have two children, Danika and Nathaniel, and three grandchildren. Together they founded Marriage on Fire mentoring couples on how to save their marriage before it starts. Together their strong belief in supporting family and meeting individual and ministerial needs will help “Build the Kingdom of God.” They continue to stand on the belief that “God is with Us” and the desire that it will continue to echo strongly in the hearts of the people who will come, hear and do.