Wendell Smith was in the ministry for thirty-eight years. Thirty-two of those years were in the pastorate. He planted/pastored three churches and pastored two others. Six years of ...view moreWendell Smith was in the ministry for thirty-eight years. Thirty-two of those years were in the pastorate. He planted/pastored three churches and pastored two others. Six years of his ministry were as an associational director of missions. He graduated from Indiana State University with a bachelor’s and master’s of secondary education. He taught eleven years in the public school system. He also has taught seminary extension courses and classes for Boyce Bible School extension center. He graduated from Ashland Theological Seminar with a master’s of divinity. He served in the US Army Reserve, Military Police Corps, and Confinement Section as training officer. He is married, a father of three and grandfather of eight. He now resides in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, where he is retired due to a crippling car wreck. His wife and he are helping a small Southern Baptist Church in Gallipolis, Ohio.view less