Rev. Benita Livingston
Reverend
Benita Livingston is an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal
Church and has the Ecclesiastical endorsement by the A.M.E. Church necessary to
be a Veterans Affairs Chaplain. She has
over 15 years experience in ministry.
She completed her B.S. in Communication from Arkansas State University
and worked in various radio and TV stations in Arkansas and Tennessee. She received her Master of Divinity, Cum
Laude, from Memphis Theological Seminary where she also received the Alston
Award for most outstanding African-American female student and is currently
working on her Doctor of Ministry.
Benita
completed her Clinical Pastoral Education Residency at the VA Medical Center
where she received the Patterson Award for Excellence in Pastoral Care. She has also worked as an On-Call Chaplain at
the Regional Medical Center (The Med), a Level 1 Trauma Center. Along with her responsibilities at the VA
Medical Center she also has received a Certificate of Completion as a Healing
Touch Practitioner.
She
is a member of the National Association of Veteran Affairs Chaplains, and a
member of the A.M.E Chaplains Association. She also serves as Pastoral
Counselor at St. Andrew A.M.E. Church.
She
feels her mission is to bring healing and wholeness to others through the Word
of God, prayer, pastoral counseling, healing touch and other complementary therapies.
She
is the wife of Keidric and the mother of three adult children (Aisha, Nonjala,
and Justin) and step-mom of Dorian.