JURISDICTIONAL
WOMEN'S DEPARTMENT

                                   Supervisor Dr. Barbara A. Smith

Barbara A. Smith was born and reared in Fort Valley, Ga. She received the Lord at an early age. At the age of 14, she accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. While in revival with Bishop Thomas A. Ward in 1978, fasting and praying, she experienced a visitation from the Lord. A bright light overshadowed her while lying in her bed and an audible voice like she’d never heard before, spoke to her and said, “Fear not and be not afraid, for I am the Lord your GOD, be ye holy for I am holy.” She was filled with the Holy Ghost and her life has never been the same. As a young Christian, she served faithfully under the pastoral ship of the late Superintendent Oscar Felton, where the prelate was Bishop J. Howard Dell and the State Supervisor, Mother Delores Bing. She served faithfully in many areas of her local church as a  choir member, devotional leader, hospitality aide, Sunday school teacher and secretary, youth worker, women’s department president, and clean-up committee member. She received her Missionary License under Bishop Mark Walden and State Supervisor, Mother Bertha Fitts.  She works diligently on the battlefield for the Lord. She has served devotedly alongside her husband in the Outreach Ministry, going into nursing homes, prison ministry, tent ministry, open-air ministry, door-to-door witnessing, home missions, and providing food service to the church and the community.

Barbara is an enthusiastic advocate for education; she graduated with honors from Peach County High School and received a Nursing Degree from Middle Georgia Technical Institute. She worked  13 years as a licensed nurse and was a member of the Nurses Association of Georgia. She has always had a passion for serving and helping others. She later pursued a career in education where she excelled phenomenally. She graduated Cum Laude, receiving a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education from Fort Valley State University. She later matriculated to pursue her calling in education by receiving a Specialist Degree with honors from Troy State University.  She received her Doctorate of Education with honors from Walden University. Dr. B. Smith holds three Academic Endorsements: Teacher Support and Coaching Specialists, ESOL Endorsement, and Gifted Endorsement. She was appointed to serve on the SACS committee, which is a regional accreditation organization that is sanctioned by the Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education. The SACS is one of six nationally recognized accreditation bodies that are tasked with reviewing 13,000 academic institutions ranging from preschools to colleges.

She is an honorary member of Kappa Delta Epsilon, a member of the Georgia Association of Educators, a member of the National Educator’s Association, a member of the Houston County Association of Educators, and a member of the National Society of Leadership and Success. She is also an inductee into the Who’s Who among American Educators. She is definitely a teacher of unprecedented character and skills. She was honored as Teacher of the Year 2010-2011 and 2017-2018  in Houston County School District.  She serves her community faithfully. She is a mentor with Big Brother/Big Sister of Central Georgia, where she offers her time, expertise, and effort to invest in our YOUTH.

She is a licensed District Missionary and is the appointed State Supervisor in the Church of God in Christ, Southern Georgia Second Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, where the honorable Dr. Ronald Engram, is the Prelate.  Locally, she serves faithfully in ministry at the House of Prayer COGIC/ International City District of Warner Robins, Ga., under the leadership of the prestigious Superintendent Robert L. Smith. She is also the first lady of the House of Prayer COGIC, 539 North Davis Drive, Warner Robins, Ga., where Supt. Robert L. Smith serves as pastor. Superintendent Robert L. and Barbara were united in holy matrimony on July 15, 1984. They have been married for 39 wonderful years. They have two outstanding biological children who love the Lord and serve faithfully: Elder Robert M. Smith, Christian Holt, and (awesome son-in-love, Eddie Holt II) and their pride and JOY, 4-year-old grandson “Little E 3”, Eddie Richard Holt III.  I present to some and introduce to others a laborer in the gospel, an asset to the body of Christ, a faithful and Holy woman of GOD, a woman of excellence, who operates in the power of the Holy Ghost, one whom GOD has called into the kingdom for such a time as this, none other than Supervisor, Mother, Dr.  Barbara A. Smith.