Walter B. Hoye II is both Founder and President of the Issues4Life Foundation, the California Civil Rights Foundation, Founder of the Frederick Douglass
Foundation of California, co-founder and Executive Member of the National Black Pro-Life Coalition, a Board Member of The Morning Center (providing
free full-service maternity care for women in urban and under-served areas), a published author (Leadership from the IN|SIDE Out), a board member of
The Ruth Institute, a full-time pro-life activist, and a leadership consultant.
As a young man Walter played football at Michigan State University, where he graduated with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Sociology in 1980. On Tuesday,
January 12th, 1982 Walter was licensed to preach the gospel by the Calvary Baptist Church in San Diego, California. Walter graduated from the United
States International University, now Alliant International University, with a Master’s degree in Business Administration in 1983.
In 1984, God used the premature birth of his firstborn son (six months, 2.1 pounds) to teach Rev. Hoye that the preborn is a person, a living &, breathing
human being.
On Sunday, April 23rd, 1989 Walter was ordained a Baptist preacher by Pastor Dr. S.M. Lockridge. From 1984 to 1987 Walter served as Minister of Christian
Education at the St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Oceanside, California. From 1987 to 1991, Walter served as Assistant to the Pastor and Director
of the Youth Department at the Greater Faith Baptist Church in Stockton, California. From 1991 to 2010, Walter served as the Executive Elder of the
Progressive Missionary Baptist Church of Berkeley.
In May of 2010, Walter resigned to work full-time in the Pro-Life movement. He was asked to join a group of pro-life sidewalk counselors, to pray and give
out literature to women on their way to the entrance of an abortuary. His ministry blossomed so much that the abortuary lost a great deal of business,
and they complained to the Oakland authorities, who literally created a law just to put Rev. Hoye in jail. Though in court Rev. Hoye and his attorney
from Life Legal Defense proved both that Walter did absolutely nothing illegal and that the only witness against him blatantly lied, the pro-abortion
judge made sure Rev. Hoye unjustly went to jail, which he did. The judge, in fact, sought to sentence Walter to four *years* in jail for standing on
a public sidewalk, but could not because of a legal technicality.
Walter leads the Oakland pro-life march, he competes in the San Francisco Marathon and catches an NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB game whenever he can.
Resources
- Issues 4 Life website: issues4life.org (new website for mobile phones: wearefor.life)
- Black and Pro-life in America: blackandprolifeinamerica.faith
- California Civil Rights Foundation: civilrightsfoundation.org
- The Frederick Douglass Foundation of California: fdfca.org
- I Am A Person: iamaperson.us
- Black Pro-Life Coalition: blackprolifecoalition.life
Find Walter on Twitter (twitter.com/walterhoye or @WalterHoye),
YouTube (youtube.com/user/walterbhoyeii), or Facebook (Issues4Life.Foundation).
