Bio
Servant James Wesley Smith Jr. has been diligently serving our Lord Jesus Christ since 1987. He was blessed to grow up in a family of believers as his father pastored a church in Hallandale; he graduated from MacArthur High school in Hollywood Florida, in 1975.
He strayed away from the Word of God at an early age and lived a life of drugs abuse and crime. This life style landing him in prison facing the electrical chair on first degree murder charges, but through God’s Grace and Mercy he was delivered from the electric chair into his mother’s living room chair. He remained faithful to the Word of God and became a faithful Minister at Faith Assembly of Christ in Capital Heights, Maryland, (pastored by Elder Mitchell Way) where he ministered on Tuesday nights to a men’s support group (I Am My Brother’s Keeper), founded by Jesus Christ, for seven years.
Servant Wesley held Bible Studies every Thursday nights at the CC4 Halfway House in Washington D.C. for eight years, where he has received honors for his dedication in service. He also received an award of appreciation for eight years of commitment at Lorton’s Central Facility Prison, in Lorton Virginia.
Servant Wesley has completed five years of studies at Givens Bible College in Washington, DC, where he received his degree of completion in Biblical Studies. He has received his Associates Degree in Biblical Counseling at Trinity Seminary Theological College in Newburg, Indiana; where he has also received his Bachelors of Arts Degree in Pastoral Ministry. Servant Wesley would be the first to say that the anointing is neither in Seminary School nor Degrees, but because God has anointed him to serve people, he is lead to continue in his studies to show himself approved by God, to become that workman that is not ashamed of the work that he is doing for the Lord.
Servant Wesley has authored a book “Grace and Mercy” sharing the life story of his path to redemption.
Servant Wesley was ordained as an Elder in Faith Assembly of Christ on October the 15th 2006.
Servant Wesley now resides in Deerfield Beach, Florida, where the Lord called him to minister, with his wife Rosalind and his son Manasseh. He also has seven other children and eight grandchildren who currently reside in Florida, Georgia and Pennsylvania. 
His reputation precedes him as he travels about ministering the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As God has called him to unite churches together to provide for the total man, he has been called to share the love of Christ to the whosoever will. He believes there is “4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,” (Eph. 4:4-5).
Servant Wesley does what he does because he loves God and the people of God.
Servant Wesley would like to encourage all “to be ye steadfast unmovable, always abiding in the work of the Lord for as much as ye know that your labor is not in vain” (1 Cor. 1:58).
KEEP HOPE ALIVE
Agape: Servant Wesley Smith / Elder
