At the age of 19, Roy Bryant, Sr. suffered from arthritis, which gave him a stooped walk. The cruel condition had eaten the tissues of his lower back. Despite medication, heating lamps, and wrappings prescribed by his doctor, he continued to suffer. Living with this condition, he describes as “hell on earth.” In September 1959, at the age of 33 years old, Roy Bryant, Sr. and his wife Sissieretta got into their family car and drove to Long Island to an outdoor tent meeting conducted by Jack Coe, a popular preacher at the time. He arrived at the meeting unconvinced of the healing power of God, however, he and his wife had gone up and knelt at the alter where Jack Coe was preaching, afterward they arose and returned to their seats.   Suddenly, as he sat in his seat, an electric surge, like a bolt of lightning, went through him; from the top of his head down to his spine, and at that instant, he realized that he had been totally and irrevocably healed of all pain and discomfort. From this moment on, Roy Bryant, Sr. knew without the shadow of a doubt, that the healing power of Jesus Christ was unmistakably real.  Finally, his years of pain and suffering were over. He went home feeling so good that he climbed the apple tree in his backyard. Bishop Roy Bryant, Sr. recalled being raised in church as a boy. He also remembered the many people in need of healing who came with the hope that the Power of Jesus Christ would end their suffering.  Yet God had healed him, even in his doubtfulness of the healing Power of God. He realized now that he had an agreement with God – since God had healed him, he would now give his life to God. On the first Sunday of January 1960, he received the Baptism of the Holy Ghost. Thereafter, Bishop Roy Bryant, Sr. began to preach Christ, bringing the power of his own experience; the healing power of the Holy Ghost, to the people in countless hospitals, throughout the community, and in God’s timing, around the world.  By 1966, Pastor Bryant was ordained a Bishop. Now in 2018, he is the Founder, Pastor and Bishop of The Bible Church of Christ, Inc. Subsequently he has churches in the United States and abroad: Bronx, New York; Mt. Vernon, New York; Schenectady, New York; and Dagsboro, Delaware, as well as in Africa and Haiti.