Elder Timothy Smith’s formative years were guided under the watchful eye of his mentor and father in the gospel, Pastor Carl Terrell, Bostick Temple COGIC, St. Louis, Missouri. He was licensed a minister and ordained an elder under his pastorate. In 2009 he was installed as pastor and founder of New Life Community COGIC, by the late Bishop Robert James (RJ) Ward, then prelate of the Eastern Missouri First Jurisdiction, COGIC. Inc.
The church was located at 8400 North Broadway, St. Louis Missouri.After seeing the demands of a growing congregation, the need for increased ministries, and room for expansion, Pastor Smith began to look for a suitable place to relocate. The Lord blessed them with a nearly 20,000 square feet worship building. One of the first major highlights of his dynamic pastoral ministry took place on Sunday August 10, 2014 when New Life Community COGIC dedicated thenew edifice located at 1570 Chambers Road in Dellwood, MO.
Pastor Smith has been faithful in his increasing and progressive roles as administrative assistant, superintendent and as a servant leader in the Eastern Missouri Western Illinois Jurisdiction under the leadership of Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten, Sr., prelate. He has served as Chairman of the EMWI Pastors and Elders Council, EMWI Jurisdictional Assembly Parliamentarian, EMWI Legal Counselor, EMWI Executive Board Committee Member, Superintendent and Program Committee Member for the EMWI Pastors and Elders Council.Administrative Assistant Smith was recommended by Bishop Wooten to serve as an auxiliary bishop in the Church of God in Christ.On November 8, 2015 he was consecrated and installed as an auxiliary bishop in the Church of God in Christ by Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake, Sr.
Bishop Smith faithfully serves the church of God on Christ not only on the local level, but the regional and national levels as well. On the regional level he serves as dean of education for the Central Region Board of Bishops – Church of God in Christ.He also has served as a member of the COGIC General Assembly Constitution Committee—Judicial Branch Subcommittee, and COGIC General Assembly Codification Committee. In addition, he serves on the COGIC Board of Bishops and COGIC Board of Bishops Development Board and Resolution Committee.
Bishop Smith faithfully serves his community as well. He has served as a member of the Unity Pac organization, mentor for the organization Mentor St. Louis, and is a member of the Mound City Bar Association of St. Louis. In addition, he is a member of the Missouri Bar Association, serve as committee member of the Missouri Bar Office of the Chief Disciplinary Council, serve as member of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, Board of Governors Member for the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, and Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, serve on the Board of Regions for Midwest College of Theology and the Board of Governors for Midwest College of Theology and Ecumenical Leadership Council of St. Louis. He has been the recipient of numerous awards including recognition from the Unity Pac organization for his life’s work and contributions in the area of law and from the 100 Black Men of St. Louis Organization. In addition, he served as an elected member to the board of directors for West Community Credit Union, which manages and oversees in excess of $160 million in assets. He also was appointed to the Missouri Democratic Party Executive Committee. Through these roles, he has gained a wealth of experience and knowledge of leadership.
In addition to blessing his ministry, the Lord has also blessed Bishop Smith’s educational and career pursuits as well. He has received a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He also received a joint master’s degree in human resource management with an emphasis in industrial and labor relations, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. He has worked for a number of organizations and companies including lecturer for the University of Illinois College of Law, Human Relations Analyst for Union Carbide in Charleston, West Virginia, and Labor Relations Representative for Ford Motor Company in Milan,Michigan.
Bishop Smith owns and operates a law firm in partnership with attorney Derek Rudman, and Attorney Doug Rudman. He is co-owner and managing partner. The firm, Rudman & Smith, LLC specializes in criminal, personal injury and worker’s compensation, domestic and wrongful death among others. In addition to serving as managing partner for Rudman and Smith, LLC, he has served as a judge for the City of Wellston Municipal Court, prosecuting attorney for the Village of Uplands Park, Guardian Ad Litem for the City of St. Louis Juvenile Courts, as well as assistant circuit attorney for the City of St. Louis. Further, he serves as prosecutor for the City of Dellwood Municipal Court.
Bishop Smith is licensed to practice law in the states of Missouri and Michigan. Furthermore, the Lord has blessed him to develop TJ Smith Properties, LLC—which owns and manages a number of rental properties throughout St. Louis City and St. Louis County. He is married to the lovely First Lady Evelyn Smith and they are the proud parents of four children: Timothy Jeremiah, Caleb Joshua, Joel David, and Kaetlyn Elizabeth.
Worshipper, servant and visionary are characteristics that best describe her. Evangelist Evelyn Smith was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. She is the fourth youngest of nine children. Evangelist Smith attended Little Bethel Church of God in Christ, under the pastorate of her mentor and father in the gospel, the late Superintendent Buster Ollie. She later joined Bostick Temple COGIC in February 2005 after she married Auxiliary Bishop Timothy Smith – a longtime member.
In 2005 Evangelist Smith became a licensed missionary in the Church of God in Christ, Inc., and later an evangelist missionary.
Evangelist Smith serves faithfully at New Life Community COGIC in St. Louis, Missouri under the leadership of her pastor and husband, Auxiliary 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, and mentoring youth as development director, among others. Previously, she served as 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
First Lady Smith received both a Bachelor of Science Degree in Journalism and a Master’sDegree in Business Administration (MBA). She also received her license as a realtor.
First Lady Smith has been married to Bishop Timothy Smith since February 2000. She and Bishop Smith have four lovely children, Timothy Jeremiah, Caleb Joshua, Joel David and Kaetlyn Elizabeth. One of her greatest joys has been raising and nurturing them.
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”.
First Lady Smith is one of God’s prized possessions, a beautiful example of a woman, 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.