“I believe healing is both private and public. Whenever I am ministering to those who are in need of help, I encourage them to let the healing virtue of the Word of God be their guiding force, to be bound by the Holy Spirit in quiet times of inwardness and self-evaluation.”
 (A quote from Pastor Richardson)

The Reverend Earnestine Richardson serves as Pastoral Assistant for Care Ministries. Her responsibilities include visitation to homes and healthcare facilities. She also assists with counseling, preaching, and resource leadership in the Adult Christian Education program.

Previously she served as a pastoral care counselor with Project Outreach of the University of Miami and held a concurrent appointment with the AIDS Ministry of South Miami-Dade (AMOS) Project. She also pastored the New Covenant Presbyterian Church, Miami.

She holds the A.S. degree from Miami Dade College, Bachelor of Science from Trinity University and the Master of Divinity with a specialization in Pastoral Care from the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta.

She is widowed and the mother of a daughter, Ullyssia.