BROADWAY FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Limited Power Of Attorney



         Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Daniele C. Johnson,
Corporate Secretary singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:


(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer
and/or director of BROADWAY FINANCIAL CORPORATION ( the "Company"), Forms
3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder, and any forms or reports the undersigned may be required to the file in
connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the
Company; and

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be
necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form or report,
and timely file such form or report with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
and any stock exchange or similar authority.


      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform
any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

   This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is
no longer required to file Forms3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holding of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to
the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this
12th day of October 2006.



                                          	      _    _/s/ Sam Sarpong______
                                                                 	  Signature


___Sam Sarpong__
                                        	  	                  Print Name

Revised 10/11/2006 DCJ