The Faces of Our Organization

Rev. Dr. Benita Livingston is an ordained minister and pastor of the Galilee African Methodist Episcopal Church.  She has over 25 years of experience in ministry.  She completed her B.S. in Communication from Arkansas State University, worked in various Radio and TV Stations in Arkansas and Tennessee.  She received her Masters of Divinity, Cum Laude, from Memphis Theological Seminary where she also received the Alston Award for most outstanding African-American female student.  She  also received her Doctor of Ministry in Faith & Health from Memphis Theological Seminary.

She completed her Clinical Pastoral Education Residency at the Memphis VA Medical Center where she received the Patterson Award for Excellence in Pastoral Care.  She has also worked as an On-Call Chaplain at Regional One Medical Center (The Med) a Level 1 Trauma Center.  She is currently employed as a Chaplain at the Memphis VA Medical Center

Along with her responsibilities at the VA Medical Center she is also a Certified Healing Touch Spiritual Ministry Practitioner and a PAIRS Instructor she works with veteran couples on communication and listening skills to enhance their marriage

She is a Board Certified Chaplain through the National Association of Veteran Affairs Chaplains, and a member of the A.M.E Henry McNeal Turner Chaplains Association where she serves as Secretary. 

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She feels her mission is to bring healing and wholeness to others through the Word of God, prayer, pastoral counseling, and other complementary therapies.

She is the mother of three children; Aisha, (Andre) Fayne, Nonjala Brister and Justin Gladney and the proud grandmother of Charlie London and Sloane Embry Fayne.