James A. Smith, was called into the ministry by God in 1978. He began his Christian studies at the Baltimore School of the Bible, then at Arlington Baptist Bible College. After completing courses and seminars at the Washington Bible College, he evangelized in North Carolina, New York, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Rev. Smith served as assistant to the Pastor of The Righteous Church of God in Washington D.C. for ten years while Elder Vicks was on extended sick leave. He was led to change his membership and joined the New Psalmist Baptist Church where he worked as a Bible instructor in discipleship training. He was a volunteer minister in the prison system and was a scheduled preacher at the Jessup State Correctional System and the Baltimore Halfway House of Greenmount Avenue. He also, visited the Wayward Boys Home for troubled youth and the Hagerstown Prison System to conduct services. Rev. Smith attended the Chesapeake Seminary after receiving his BA degree from the Arlington Baptist Bible College and he continues to follow his leading to "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (II Timothy 2:15). Since October of 1997, he has been preaching and teaching the word at Little Rock. His passion has encouraged him to preach the word in season and out of season, that the Lost can be saved and the Saved may be revived.