About Us

Leon Benjamin is the Senior Pastor of twenty-three years and Bishop of New Life Harvest Church

in Richmond, VA. and Founder of a new ministry in 2021 called The Real Remnant Church in

Tulsa, OK. Bishop Benjamin, a former Democrat and Gulf War veteran, is an emerging

evangelical leader on the national front as a media spokesperson and conservative political

activist. He operated as a surrogate for Trump during his campaign and his administration and

worked on the Faith-Based Initiative support team during the President-Elect’s transition to the

White House in 2016-2020. Throughout the earlier years and throughout the Trump presidency,

Bishop Benjamin has played a vital role in a group of about 20 to 30 evangelical leaders who

regularly serve as informal advisers to the Trump administration.

Bishop Benjamin was previously the Richmond GOP Chairman for the Republican Party of

Richmond City and recently ran as the Republican Nominee for Congress in the 4th

Congressional District of Virginia in the 2020, 2022 and 2023 Special Elections. He was involved

in a special project in Virginia in 2021 to take back House of Delegate seats for the conservative

party. Their organization won a decisive victory by winning seven seats, gaining back the

majority in the Virginia House of Delegates. Leon has currently organized a grassroots

organization called MAGABLACK. MAGABLACK is a 501(c)4 which focuses on reaching out to

the Black and Brown Community between the ages of 18 and 34 years old with emphasis on

Election Integrity, Get Out the Vote and America First Policy initiatives that make headway in

making communities healthy, prosperous and safe. As a community activist, Bishop Benjamin

has worked with public officials, civic and community leaders to make a difference in the areas

of education, business development, and economic reform working with federal, state and local

agencies to promote Opportunity Zones and the First Step Act. Bishop Benjamin is the president

and founder of Coalition of Leaders United (CLU) dedicated to advancing conservative values

and restoration of moral clarity in America. He is now working with Pastors and Faith Leaders

across the Nation in The Dream Movement: a coalition designed to Bring America back to God.

As a change agent for healing and reconciliation in our nation, the core of Bishop Benjamin’s

message is “It’s time to unify, America!” Bishop Benjamin has been a strong advocate in

engaging with African-American churches to support economic prosperity, educational

opportunity and safer communities with less crime in urban inner cities. He is also the founder

of United2Pray, a national movement to intercede weekly on a conference call with evangelical

pastors and the faith community to pray for national leadership and future of our nation.

Bishop Benjamin has appeared on Fox News and numerous national TV and radio talk shows

and is a sought-after speaker on the moral, economic, and spiritual impact of socioeconomic

issues and political discourse on the black community and the nation. A native of Richmond, VA,

he graduated from Huguenot High School and attended University of Virginia and Virginia

Union University for engineering. Bishop Leon Benjamin received his Bachelors in Biblical

Studies and Masters in Christian Education at Rovear University. He is married to his soul mate

and partner in ministry, Pastor Maria Benjamin, and through their union they have three

beautiful children – Delcarmen and Leon Jr., and Destiny Benjamin.