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Vessel Unto Honor
Evangelist Smith serves faithfully at New Life Community COGIC in St. Louis, Missouri, under the leadership of her pastor and husband, Bishop Timothy Smith. She is the President of the “Vessels Unto Honor” women’s ministry, designed to build and equip women to walk in their Kingdom purpose. She has provided leadership and support in serving as a Sunday School teacher for the college students, women’s department president, and mentoring youth as development director, among others.
At her church, she holds a number of youth conferences, monthly college ministry summits, youth prayer breakfast and a host of youth activities designed to support and enhance the development of our youth through various programs and initiatives. Key initiatives include “Road to College’ workshops, college application process, college selectivity, ACT/SAT preparation, financial AID/student loans, scholarships, letters of recommendation, etc. She also developed a college ministry designed help students stay connected to God while living on campus.
At her local church, Evangelist Smith has established the “Titus 2 Ministry,” which meets once a month and is designed to bridge the generation gap in women’s ministries. Also, at her local church, Evangelist Smith hosts a number of conferences designed to transform, inspire, and equip women to lead with excellence. She has hosted the yearly “Soar Conference’ designed to help brand new pastors’ wives, existing pastors’ wives, and those who are no longer pastors’ wives thrive in their roles by providing information to help them in their journey.
On the district level, she has previously served as an assistant district missionary. On the jurisdictional level, she has served as a member of the public relations department and assistant program chairperson/assistant marshal for the EMWI Department of Women, under the leadership of Supervisor Mother Rosetta Watts.
Evangelist Smith received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Journalism with a minor in speech communication. After college graduation she went on to work as a reporter for a number of newspapers in Kansas and Illinois. She later accepted a position as a public relations specialist in the Office of University Relations at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Evangelist Smith also taught sixth grade at Webster Middle School in St. Louis, MO. In that position, she served as a resource teacher for the Special School District.
Evangelist Smith later earned a master’s degree in business administration (MBA). She also received her license as a realtor.
Evangelist Smith has been married to Bishop Timothy Smith for 26 years. She and Bishop Smith have two grown sons, Timothy Smith, Jr. and Caleb Joshua Smith. They also are parents to Joel David (17 years old) and Kaetlyn Elizabeth (14 1/2). One of her greatest joys has been raising and nurturing them.
Evangelist Smith has a passion for prayer and intercession. Her much loved scripture is -
I Timothy 2:1-4 (KJV)
“I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth”.
Evangelist Smith has a passion to help first ladies and shepherdess to inspire them and equip them to serve in the spirit of excellence. She has a number of initiatives designed for pastor’s wives and shepherdess.’ That vision includes a monthly pastor’s wives institute to help them grow personally and spiritually for kingdom and community impact. This will include monthly sessions dealing with role, spiritual growth, leadership and empowerment, communication building, personal development and well-being, creativity and innovation and goal setting. Other initiatives include holding a Pastors and Elders Wives conference, and developing a mentoring program for new first ladies. This program is designed to Mentoring Program for New Pastors’ Wives.
Oftentimes, new pastors' wives are seeking support and guidance. This mentoring program is designed to offer a safe space for pastors' wives to share their experiences, receive encouragement, and find community. The mentoring program will offer practical guidance and advice rooted in biblical principles, focusing on topics relevant to the role of a pastor's wife, such as maintaining a healthy marriage, supporting the spouse's ministry, and managing stress, tips for navigating the complexities of being a pastor's wife, including opportunities for ministry and building a team to support mentees, and so on.
The program is designed to provide support and encouragement to new pastors’ wives, helping them navigate through the unique challenges of their role and to empower pastors’ and ministers’ wives to discover their God-ordained destiny and fulfill that destiny.
This will include the development of “The Ultimate List of Resources for Pastors’ Wives.” This guide includes books and devotionals, and a supportive community for pastors' wives, offering resources for ministry, self-care, spiritual nourishment, and role clarification. This guide also will be a great help for pastors’ wives in small churches. The aim is to provide resources aimed at supporting pastors’ wives.
We also endeavor to host a jurisdictional annual prayer breakfast/summit as a yearly event – where women from all walks of life come together to pray.
Evangelist Smith is one of God’s prized possessions, a beautiful example of a woman of prayer, of woman who stands for holiness and lives by precept and example, a first lady, an administrative assistant’s wife, a superintendent’s wife, a bishop’s wife, a mother, a teacher and a leader. She is an embodiment of unconditional love, devoted to the service of all humanity.