Bishop E. D. Richardson was born a country boy with a high school education, and he left home at the age of seventeen immediately after graduating high school to start his life journey. At the age of twenty, he married the love of his life, the Late Mary J. Lynch, and four children were added to this union. At the age of twenty-eight, salvation entered the heart of E. D. Richardson, and at the age of thirty-two he accepted the call to Evangelism. At the age of thirty-eight E. D. Richardson accepted the call to the Pastorate ministry, and New Beginning Ministry was birthed in nineteen-ninety-three. In two-thousand-seven, the church name was changed to New Beginning Empowerment Church. The church was known as “Home Of The Empowerment Zone”! So in the year of two-thousand-twenty one for the last time, the church name was changed to The Empowerment Zone. In two-thousand-nine, Pastor Richardson was ordained a Bishop by the International Ministers Covenant Fellowship. Bishop Richardson is the Founder and Executive Director of InTime Outreach Inc. a community development corporation. He is the founder of EDR Ministries Inc., an extended work of his ministry gift and products. He is the author of three books and a ‘one-of-a-kind’ Wisdom Journal. Bishop Richardson has established a church in Western Kenya and in Eastern Uganda, and has built a School in Uganda for the under-privileged and Orphans. Many other projects are being conducted in these regions, such as water wells, feeding Orphans, home-building, and more. Bishop is a skillful teacher in the Holy Scriptures, is a passionate ministry trainer, and has a desire to see the church living according to the Divine Kingdom status. He is the founder and conductor of "Leaders and Workers Empowerment Sessions", known as L.A.W.E.S. These workshops are designed to inspire, motivate, inform, and enhance the work of ministry workers and leaders, as well as career and professional people. More could be added to this biography, but this overview gives you some insight into the life of the mighty warrior of God. Bishop E. D. Richardson is known by many as: "The EMPOWERER". Are you ready to be empowered by this anointed vessel of God? Bishop Richardson invite you to enter T.E.Z. and receive your personal “Word Encounter”