[1] She was the founder, first Senior Bishop and President of the Mount Sinai Holy Church of America, Inc.[1] Robinson formed the organization in response to her vision and Divine Call to secure an organizational home where women preachers would be welcomed and encouraged.
Upon arrival to the city, Ida joined a small holiness congregation at Seventeenth and South Streets.
Due to her animated preaching style and her singing ability, the membership of the small congregation began to grow.
It was her belief that God wanted to use her as a vehicle to establish a church that would "loose the women" and allow full clergy rights to them.
The growth of Mount Sinai was rapid and quickly spread across the east coast of the United States.
[2] On April 6, 1946, Ida Robinson left Philadelphia with a group of missionaries to visit some of the organization's churches in Florida.
Upon arrival to Winter Haven, Florida, she fell very ill. On April 20, Bishop Ida Robinson died.