About

Angela Burnette Smith was born in Burlington, NC. and reared in Orange County. Angela attended Elon College and Moses Cone School of X-ray Technology. She has a Bachelor of Applied Science degree and her postgraduate studies include completion of the Physician Assistant program at Bowman Gray School of Medicine and Wake Forest University. Angela practiced medicine in the state of North Carolina for 33 years. She has also served a 20 year tenure with Wake County Human Services as a staff Physician Assistant in the Prenatal Clinic in Raleigh. She retired on her birthday 9/25/19.

 At the age of 9, Angela gave her life to the Lord. Through strong family, church, and community support; she grew in the Lord and became active at Martin’s Chapel Baptist Church in Burlington, NC. There she taught Sunday School, acted as Sunday School secretary, usher, and assisted in the music ministry by singing and directing the young adult choir. She also served as assistant director of the gospel choir while attending Elon College.

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 From 1994-1998 she served in many capacities at Cary First United Church of Christ. In 1996 She was ordained as a Deaconess and developed a fervent desire to study God’s word. She subsequently completed a 7-year study of God’s word through Women’s Bible Study Fellowship International.

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 In July of 1998, she joined her husband, the Rev. Phillip W. Smith, to plant a church in the Cary area – Greater Cary Christian Fellowship. In 1999, Angela accepted a higher call on her life, as Co-pastor, in addition to Praise and Worship Leader and Choir Director. While serving in those capacities, she also completed studies in Christian Counseling through Light University and has been a member of the American Academy of Christian Counselors. On March 30, 2008, she was ordained as Pastor of GCCF. She continued to serve in that capacity alongside her husband until May 2021 when the Lord redirected the vision with a focus on outreach and teaching ministry primarily to women and children.