Janeifer Claud Smith, one of seven children, was born and raised in Southampton County, VA, on a farm to the late Thomas and Dotsie Barnes Claud.  As a child she remembers playing with her siblings, eating raw peanuts as her siblings worked on the farm and  loving to play basketball.  As a child she was baptized in the Johnson Mill Pond and joined Bryant Baptist Church.

 

While attending high school she played basketball and remember scoring over twenty-seven points in one game.  Upon receiving her diploma from Southampton High School she continued her education and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Management Systems from Norfolk State University in Norfolk, VA. 

 

Co-Pastor, Janeifer Smith accepted the Lord as her personal Savior after graduating from college.  As time progressed she became more serious with her walk with Christ and attended Evangelism School in Norfolk Virginia where she became a licensed Evangelist.  In the years to follow she taught Evangelist Classes and was very active in the ministry.   After marrying and relocating to Northern Virginia the calling became clearer as a member of New Samaritan Baptist Church.  The Lord directed her to start a women’s bible study ministry presently in its third year of existence.  Co-Pastor Janeifer Smith also help found the Forever Deliverance Ministry.  Co-Pastor Janeifer Smith was ordained and consecrated by her presiding Bishop, Albert Evans Jr. of the International Fellowship of Covenant Churches and Ministries (IFCCM).

 

Co-Pastor Janeifer Smith is a true disciple after God’s heart and truly believes that the key to a successful life is Matthew 6:33, seeking ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness and all other things will be added unto you.