Session 2: Sent to Sit
2025 Hugh C. Benner Preachers' Conference: All God's Children
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53m
Hear Rev. Tara Thomas Smith preach on being "Sent to Sit" from Acts 8:26-40 (NRSV) with a Q&A after.
Tara Thomas Smith serves as Co-Lead Pastor with her husband, Brett, at Crossroads Nazarene Church. She has served as a missionary in the South Pacific, doing Community Based Health Care and teaching at Melanesia Nazarene Bible College. She has also served as the Director of a Crisis Pregnancy Center, and spoken at the United Nations about contemporary forms of slavery with a focus on human trafficking. She has pastored in Tennessee, Indiana, California, and Arizona. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in religious studies and political science from Olivet Nazarene University, and a Master of Divinity from Nazarene Theological Seminary. She has two great kids: Miles is a sophomore at Olivet Nazarene University and Macey will be a freshman at Trevecca Nazarene University.
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