UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D. C. 20549


                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933



                         BROADWAY FINANCIAL CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                DELAWARE                                95-4547287
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     (State or other jurisdiction of                 (I.R.S. Employer
     incorporation or organization)               Identification Number)



             4800 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90010
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              (Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

            Broadway Financial Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan
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                            (Full title of the plan)


                                 Paul C. Hudson
                         Broadway Financial Corporation
                 4800 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90010
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (323) 634-1700
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)


                                   Copies to:
                                James R. Walther
                            Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw
                       350 South Grand Avenue, 25th Floor
                          Los Angeles, California 90071
                                 (213) 229-9500








                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE



------------------------- ----------------- ------------------------ ---------------------- ----------------------
                                               Proposed Maximum        Proposed Maximum           Amount of
 Title of Securities        Amount to be      Offering Price Per      Aggregate Offering      Registration Fee
  To be Registered           Registered            Share (1)                 Price
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    Common Stock,             112,512                $9.305               $1,046,924.16            $96.32
   $0.01 par value
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 1)  Estimated  solely  for the  purpose of  calculating  the amount of the
     registration  fee.  Pursuant to Rule 457 (c) of the Securities Act of 1933,
     as amended,  the price per share is  estimated  to be $9.305 based upon the
     average of the high and low prices of the common stock, par value $0.01 per
     share,  of the  Registrant  as  reported on the NASDAQ  SmallCap  Market as
     reported by Nasdaq Online on December 16, 2002.

     Pursuant to General  Instruction E to Form S-8 under the  Securities Act of
     1933,  as  amended,   this   registration   statement  on  Form  S-8  (this
     "Registration   Statement")   is  filed  for  the  purpose  of  registering
     additional securities of the same class as those registered on Registration
     Statement No.  333-17331 on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange
     Commission  on  December  5,  1996,  relating  to  the  Broadway  Financial
     Corporation  Long Term  Incentive  Plan (the  "Plan").  The contents of the
     prior registration  statement,  including any filings incorporated therein,
     are incorporated herein by this reference.

ITEM 8.  LIST OF EXHIBITS

     See Exhibit Index included herewith.





                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
     Registrant  certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it
     meets all of the  requirements  for filing on Form S-8 and has duly  caused
     this Registration  Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
     thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of California,
     on December 20, 2002.
                                    BROADWAY FINANCIAL CORPORATION



                                    By:    /s/   Paul C. Hudson
                                           ------------------------
                                           Paul C. Hudson
                                           Chief Executive Officer and President


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Each person whose signature  appears below constitutes and appoints Paul C.
Hudson  and Alvin  D.  Kang  or any of  them,  such  person's  true  and  lawful
attorneys-in-fact   and   agents,   with   full   power  of   substitution   and
resubstitution,   to  sign  any  or  all  amendments  (including  post-effective
amendments)  to this  Registration  Statement,  and to file the  same,  with all
exhibits  thereto,  and  other  documents  in  connection  therewith,  with  the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission.

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,
this  Registration  Statement  has been signed by the  following  persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.



           /s/ Paul C. Hudson                            December 20, 2002
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               Paul C. Hudson
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director

              s/ Alvin D. Kang                           December 20, 2002
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                Alvin D. Kang
          Executive Vice President,
       Principal Financial Officer and
        Principal Accounting Officer


            /s/ Elbert T. Hudson                         December 20, 2002
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              Elbert T. Hudson
            Chairman of the Board



              /s/ Kellogg Chan                           December 20, 2002
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                Kellogg Chan
                  Director



            /s/ Daniel A. Medina                         December 20, 2002
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              Daniel A. Medina
                  Director



              /s/ Rosa M. Hill                           December 20, 2002
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                Rosa M. Hill
                  Director



              /s/ A. O. Maddox                           December 20, 2002
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                A. O. Maddox
                  Director



            /s/ Virgil P. Roberts                        December 20, 2002
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              Virgil P. Roberts
                  Director



             /s/ Larkin Teasley                          December 20, 2002
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               Larkin Teasley
                  Director






                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



         The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement on Form S-8:

     5.1  Opinion of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Los Angeles, California as to the
          legality of the Common Stock registered hereby.

     23.1 Consent of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw (contained in the opinion included
          as Exhibit  5.1).

     23.1 Consent of KPMG LLP.

     24.1 Power of Attorney is located on the signature page.




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        Board of Directors
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December 20, 2002                 350 South Grand Avenue
                                  25th Floor
                                  Los Angeles, California 90071-1503

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Board of Directors
Broadway Financial Corporation
4800 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90010


Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have acted as  counsel to  Broadway  Financial  Corporation,  a Delaware
corporation (the  Corporation),  in connection with the preparation and filing
with the  Securities and Exchange  Commission  pursuant to the Securities Act of
1933, as amended,  of a  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 (the Registration
Statement), relating to the registration of up to 112,512 shares of Corporation
common stock, $0.01 par value per share (Common Stock),  to be issued pursuant
to the  Corporations  Long  Term  Incentive  Plan  (the LTIP).  We have been
requested  by the  Corporation  to furnish  this  opinion to be  included  as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement.

     We  have  reviewed  the   Registration   Statement,   the   Certificate  of
Incorporation and Bylaws of the Corporation,  the LTIP, and such other corporate
records and documents as we have deemed appropriate for the purpose of rendering
this  opinion.  We have also reviewed and relied upon the  originals,  or copies
certified or otherwise  identified to our  satisfaction,  of such records of the
Corporation  and such  other  instruments,  certificates  and  written  and oral
representations  of public  officials  and officers and  representatives  of the
Corporation as we have deemed appropriate or relevant as a basis for the opinion
set forth below. In addition, we have assumed, without independent verification,
the  genuineness  of all  signatures  and  the  authenticity  of  all  documents
furnished to us and the conformity in all respects of copies to originals.

     For purposes of this  opinion,  we have also assumed that (i) the shares of
Common Stock  issuable  pursuant to awards  granted  under the terms of the LTIP
Plan will  continue to be validly  authorized  on the dates the Common  Stock is
issued pursuant to the awards;  (ii) on the dates the awards are exercised,  the
awards granted under the terms of the LTIP Plan will constitute valid, legal and
binding   obligations  of  the  Corporation  and  will  (subject  to  applicable
bankruptcy,  moratorium,  insolvency,  reorganization  and other  laws and legal
principles  affecting  the  enforceability  of creditors  rights  generally) be
enforceable  as to the  Corporation  in  accordance  with their terms;  (iii) no
change  will  occur  in  applicable  law or the  pertinent  facts;  and (iv) the
provisions of applicable  state  securities laws will have been complied with to
the extent required.

     Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications and assumptions
set forth herein, we are of the opinion as of the date hereof that the shares of
Common Stock to be issued  pursuant to the LTIP,  when issued pursuant to and in
accordance with the Registration Statement and the LTIP and, upon receipt of the
consideration   required  thereby,  will  be  legally  issued,  fully  paid  and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock of the Corporation.

     We hereby  consent  to the  filing of this  opinion  as an  exhibit  to the
Registration Statement.


                                   Sincerely,



                                   /s/  Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw
                                   Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw












                                              Independent Auditors' Consent






The Board of Directors
Broadway Financial Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this  registration  statement on
Form S-8 of Broadway  Financial  Corporation  of our report  dated  February 14,
2002,  with respect to the  consolidated  balance  sheets of Broadway  Financial
Corporation  and  subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the related
consolidated  statements of operations and  comprehensive  earnings,  changes in
stockholders'  equity  and cash  flows for the years then  ended,  which  report
appears in the  December  31,  2001,  annual  report on Form  10-KSB of Broadway
Financial Corporation.



Los Angeles, California
December 20, 2002