In 1953 the First Presbyterian Church of Miami on Brickell Avenue sponsored a new mission to families in the expanding southern region of the city. In 1955 that mission was chartered as Pinecrest Presbyterian Church with 29 men and women and the Rev. Earl Downey, Pastor. Services and Sunday School in those early years were held in portables at Pinecrest Elementary School.

In 1958 the current site - which included the house that is now our office building - was purchased for $72,000. In 1960 the Sanctuary building was built. In 1962 the first Day School building was built, and our Day School opened its doors to children.

In 1974 a fellowship hall was built, then totally renovated to create five larger classrooms in 2004. Our new Worship, Performance and Fellowship Hall was completed in 2010 and houses two more classrooms and a larger performance hall and stage.

Our Church congregation is small in number but large in all we accomplish. Our Day School now serves more than 200 children in our Day School Program and our After School Care Program.

Pinecrest Presbyterian Church is a place where God is celebrated, children are nurtured, and everyone is welcome!

A native of Wisconsin, Pastor Brovold received her B.A. degree in biology and English from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, an M.A. in English from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and her M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

She brings a varied background of experiences to her ministry as our pastor. Before attending divinity school, Pastor Jackie taught at a number of schools within the United States as well as internationally. She has lived and worked in Madrid, Spain; Rome, Italy; Versoix, Switzerland; Ponce, Puerto Rico; and London, England. She also taught on the Oneida Indian Reservation in Wisconsin.

As a seminarian, Pastor Jackie served several churches in the suburban Boston area and as a hospital chaplain for the terminally ill. Since her ordination in 1984, she has served as chaplain of a boarding school and as a solo pastor at churches in Green Bay, Wisconsin; Yellow Springs, Ohio; and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Pastor Jackie came to Pinecrest Presbyterian Church in 1996.

Pastor Jackie is the mother of two children, Abraham and Nellie.