Rev Leslie C Smith
During
World War 2 in 1944 a young soldier returning from Burma to Bombay, India heard
the preaching of the Gospel in the main street, he then responded to the call
of God and was converted. On his return to UK after the end of war, he set up
his own business as watchmaker and jeweler.
The belief
of the truth brought him to separation to the work of God in 1949. After
theological training in London influenced by some of the great preachers of the
day engaged in aggressive evangelism becoming Director of two City Missions
Children’s work at Longford Hall Sketch Board Evangelism
Manchester City Mission Leeds
City Mission
This was
followed over a period of years by Pastoral service in seven evangelical
churches spread over England. Christian Youth Outreach came into being seeing
the need of encouragement and training among young people – this included
nationwide street evangelism and the training of many now in full time work for
the Lord as Missionaries and Pastors.
Squat’n Learn Hull 1974
Youth
Festival 1977
Chistian Youth Outreach Luis Palau Crusade
Seminars
and lectures came at Bible colleges and University Christian Unions. This
ministry was not just methodology but an attempt to expound the teaching of
Holy Scripture. God owned the work to His glory, not only with precious souls
coming to life through the Gospel, but in God also calling many to live godly
lives and produce effective service.
Cliff College Derbyshire
BTI Glasgow
After
almost 58 years in the Faith, in which almost 53 have been spent in serving the
Lord, there is still a crying need for the truth amongst God’s people. The
Church of God has turned largely away from preaching and has tried to fill the
gap with entertainment, preferring the feather for tickling (2 Tim 4.3) rather
than the hammer for heart breaking (Jer 23.29)
Sola
Ministry operates as God makes it possible, bringing Bible Ministry, taking
doors that God opens; as we freely received we freely give.
Over the
years we have had to battle with all types of opposition, the hardest to hear
is that of suspicion. We make our appeal as Nicodemus did “doth our law judge
any man before it hear him and know what he does” John 7.50.
And so we
offer tapes/cd’s free of charge to all who request them and make ourselves
available to a World Wide Ministry.