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Our Pastor

On October 3, 2011, the Reverend Earl W. Keirstead was called to be the Interim Pastor of the Miami Beach Community Church. He will continue to serve this congregation during its search for a new Pastor.

Prior to his call to serve this church, the Reverend Keirstead had served churches in Utica and Homer, New York and Bristol, CT. He retired from the First Congregational Church United Church of Christ in Bristol, CT. in July, 2007, after serving as the Senior Pastor for 22 years.

Following his retirement, Earl and his wife Linda moved to Cape Coral, FL. Since retiring to Florida, he has served as Interim Pastor in Bradenton and Pensacola Beach, Florida.

Raised primarily in the northeast, the Reverend Keirstead graduated from Bentley College in MA with an Associates Degree in Accounting, Marietta College in OH with a Bachelors of Arts degree. He received his Masters of Divinity from Andover Newton Theological School in MA. Following his graduation from Andover Newton Theological School and his call to be the Associate Pastor at Plymouth Bethesda United Church of Christ in Utica, NY, he was ordained into the Christian Ministry in the United Church of Christ.

Earl and his wife Linda have two grown sons, J. Christopher and Timothy Lee.