Overseer Daniel J. Richardson, Senior Pastor

Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.  Isaiah 62:10

OVERSEER DANIEL J. RICHARDSON is an Apostolic Prophetic Visionary—a servant soldier with an Apostolic Assignment who thirsts after the very heart of God.  As Senior Pastor of Eagles’ Nest Ministries in Huntsville, Alabama, Overseer Richardson stands on the “watchwords” of Isaiah 62:10 because they embody the ministry standard that serves as the spiritual impetus to execute the life-altering vision and mandate for Ministry that God has commanded over his life.  He is appointed to minister to the multi-dimensional needs of God’s people—a charge which he executes faithfully and without restraint.  He is passionate concerning the purposes of God, and he pursues opportunities to become fully equipped and trained for the work he is called to do.  In pursuit of that growth, he is currently an active member of the Joint College of African American Pentecostal Bishops, where Bishop J. Delano Ellis, II, Primate of the United Pentecostal Churches of Christ, serves as Chairman.  Overseer Richardson also serves as the Overseer Southern Diocese (US) for The Covenant Ecumenical Fellowship and Cathedral Assemblies (CEFCA).  This Apostolic Reformation operates under the guidance of his own spiritual father, Bishop Donald Hilliard, Jr., Presiding Prelate and Senior Pastor of the Cathedral International in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

Overseer Richardson is the Founder & CEO of DJR Gateway to the Nations Covenant Ministries (DJR GTTN)—his personal ministry, birthed by the Holy Spirit, to expand his spiritual “sphere of influence” from a local pastorate to one that would anticipate and then meet the needs of pastors, churches and ministries in a regional, national, and international realm—next dimension ministry!  Under his guidance, DJR-GTTN provides Apostolic Spiritual Covering and Under-girding from an Apostolic Perspective, in the areas of: Alignment, Church/Governmental Training, Multimedia/Training, Community Outreach and Networking.  Overseer Richardson is currently established in committed Covenant Relationship as a father in the faith and spiritual covering to six (6) Pastors, Visionaries, and Ministries.  Through these Covenant Endeavors, his international ministry extends from the Southern Diocese (US) to Egypt, Germany and Mozambique.

Overseer Richardson accepted his Divine Charge and his Apostolic Assignment to spearhead a mission to “take new territory” for the Kingdom of God—evangelizing the Gospel of Christ with passion and power!  As a “spiritual tentmaker,” he exercises his God-given Kingdom Authority to minister discipleship and evangelism—equipping the saints for the work of ministry at “The Nest,” as well as, places abroad as the Lord leads.  He is spiritually equipped as an apostle, prophet, pastor, teacher, and evangelist—one who has been called, ordained, and chosen to lead the charge as God’s people shift into a season of spiritual harvest.  Under his guidance by the Holy Spirit, ENM has been forging new ground as an Apostolic Church with over 35 functional ministries, fully operational in Five-Fold Ministry for the purpose of changing the spiritual landscape of the region over which God has given him oversight.  Overseer Richardson teaches excellence in execution in every facet of Ministry.  His expectation is that God will continue to cause a “seismic shift” not only in ENM, but also by means of “Covenant Connection and Expansion” that will literally create a NEW presentation in the earth to truly replicate the heavenly Kingdom of God.  Overseer Richardson has entrusted every facet of his personal ministry life and that of ENM to the hand and heart of God, committing ALL as vessels unto the Lord to proclaim, declare and represent God’s manifested glory in the earth.

In addition to Overseer Richardson’s role as Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor, and Teacher he is also a strong advocate of education, academic success, and empowerment. His passion to position people to prosper resulted in the most recent birth of the DJR Project, a non-profit faith based organization, with a two-fold focus: education and community outreach.  The impetus for the DJR Project resulted from an intense desire to provide an avenue to catapult young (future) leaders into their destinies, while also nurturing families within underprivileged communities to advance economic empowerment, promote health and wellness, and encourage personal development.  Growing up in rural Alabama, Overseer Richardson’s humble beginnings add substantial value to his quest to empower youth and young adults to advance their education, thus allowing all an avenue to pursue their goals and dreams. His unquenchable thirst for knowledge and a remarkable life’s journey has served as a driving force to help others excel.  Because Overseer Richardson witnessed the effects of poverty, illiteracy, and broken dreams due to the lack of a strong arm within such communities as a young man, he remains restless until he is purposeful in making a change in the communities often untouched.  He’s completely committed to catapult a community of people forward so that he may continue to pave the way for generations beyond his time.

A graduate of the University of Alabama, School of Engineering, Overseer Richardson is the son of the late Mother Essie Richardson and the late Deacon Garnell Richardson of Shady Grove, Alabama.  He is the proud father of four lovely children: Daniel, Joshua, Christian, and Jasmyne.  He is a spiritual father and shepherd, a highly anointed, praise-filled servant of the Lord who encourages his Ministry Family to exalt the Lord at all times, in all things, in all seasons, that God might always be glorified.  As a “challenger of the ordinary” and a spiritual “champion of change,” Overseer Richardson, by the unction of the Holy Spirit, is positioning THIS people to Minister God’s Heart, in the Spirit, by the Spirit, until the Kingdom of God is established in the earth…”for necessity is laid upon him!” (1 Corinthians 9:16)