"The Genuine Conversion Of A Really Bad Man" "Dr Shelton Smith"

About Dr. Shelton Smith
President + Editor of the Sword of the Lord
Dr. Smith, a native of Kentucky, was born on December 4, 1942. Saved in September 1951, he announced his call to preach on January 6, 1957 as a fourteen-year-old high school freshman. A pastor for thirty-four years, he served seventeen years at the Church of the Open Door (independent Baptist) in Westminster, Maryland.

Dr. and Mrs. (Betty) Smith were married in 1961. They have two children, Davina and Marlon, six grandchildren, Jessica, Nicole, Susanna, Caroline, Jonathan and Daniel, and two great-grandchildren, Quincey and Thomas.