"Bishop Ida Robinson"(August 3,1891-April 20,1946)

Was born to Robert & Annie Bell in Hazelhurst, Georgia.Ida spent her childhood in Pensacola,Florida.Since she was her parent's seventh child,they expected her to be a success and achieve something great.Needles to say,she met their expections.
At age seventeen,while attending a Street service in Pensacola,Ida learned of Holiness and the need to live a life committed to Christ.The street service was conducted by members of the Church of God.The black and white uniforms of the saints left quite a an impression on the new young saint.Black dresses with stratched  white cuffs and collars later became the outfits that indentified the early members of the Mount Holy Church of America,incorporated.
In 1910,Ida married Oliver Robinson.They never had children they adopted a niece,also named Ida Bell.The niece was the daughter of Ida's brother Charles.When the Robinsons heard that they could get  work in Philadelphia,they journeyed from Pensacola to Philadelphia in 1917.For sister Ida it meant leaving behind neighborhood prayer meetings that had resulted from street evangelism.
In Philadelphia,Sister Ida continued her ministry.she joined a small.
congregation at Seventeenth and South Streets.That congregation was pastored by Elder Benjamin Smith.At times,Sister Ida would fill in for the pastor.Her outstanding preaching and singing caused her popularity to increase among the membership.An uncomfortable situation arose causing sister Robinson to seek fellowship elsewhere.Ida affliated herself with the
United Holy Church of America where she was consecrated to the ministry though
ordination.Her ordination was done publicly by Bishop Henry L.Fisher,who along with other officials of the United Holy Church had
recognized that god had called her to the ministry.
1924 became a significant year ib the life of Elder Ida Robinson.
On several occasions God had revealed himself through visions and dreams.He had made her to know that she was to be an instrument in his hand to establish a church that would allow full clergy rights to women.While fasting and praying in the church for 10 days,she again received a revelation from God.On May 20,1994,the state of Pennsylvania granted her a charter for the churchRecalling that god had spoken to "Come out of Mount Sinai," the charter for the new church was granted under the name of the Mount Sinai Holy Church of America,incorporated.Mount Sinai began to grow rapidly,Bishop Robinson was a gifted evangelist and leader;Through a great deal of traveling,she was able to evangelize and to visit most of her affiliated churches in other states.The incorporated church grew larger and more wildspread.To strengthen the general organization,an annual Convocation was instituted.This Annual meeting was first held in Philadelphia for eight days in September,1925.Working tirelessly for years,Bishop Robinson,saw Mount Sinai grow into one of the largest Pentecostal Organizations,started by a woman in America.Her years of labor resulted in many being committed to Christ in Many cities along with the east of the United States.Reaching out out through other dedicated evangelislists and missionaries,she was successful also in establishing churches in Cuba & British
Guiana (Guyana),South American.Under years of strain,Ida's health began to fail.
Knowing that her time was short,she had a desire to visit the churches in Florida.
On April 6,1946,she and several others left Philadelphia to go to Florida.Her first
stop in Florida was Jacksonville.From there she journeyed on to Winter Haven where
she passed away.