Frank Smith

Chairman of Elder Board
Ministries

Life Story

My name is Frank Smith and I am honored to be an Elder at Cornerstone Bible Church. I oversee Worship Support (the background services involved in Worship Service) and Ministries (maturing members through service opportunities in the church).

I was born into a family with a long history of involvement in the Methodist church. I have two brothers, Donald and Larry (Keith) and a sister Kim. At eleven years old I accepted Christ as my Savior. By the time I was fifteen, I had a part-time job after school and on the weekends, which I held for the next seven years and was serving on the Board of Ministries of my church. At sixteen, I confessed my intentions to go into the Pastorate and was mentored by two Methodist Ministers for the next five years. After graduating from Sunset High School, I went to SMU where I studied “Early Christian History”.

On April 9, 1966, I met “the love of my life”, Judy. Eight months later we were married. 1968 found me in the U.S. Air Force working with men returning from Vietnam suffering from combat stress. After being discharged from the Air Force for medical reasons, I got a job in the Welding Supply Industry. In 1990, Judy and I started our own Welding Supply Company and for the next 22 years we ran it with Christian principles as our guide. I retired in 2013 after working for 53 years. Now I have time to enjoy our three grandsons Justin, Sammy, Olen and our granddaughter Opal.

In 1970, Judy and I and our daughter Jennifer (Jeni) moved to Cedar Hill and got involved in the Methodist Church, helping with the Junior High MYF group. I also started teaching an adult Sunday School class. In 1973 our daughter Jessica was born. In 1983, after several years of seeing changes in the doctrine and direction of the Methodist Church, Judy and I along with four other families left the Methodist Church and started Christ Methodist Church, Independent, later renamed Christ Cornerstone Church. For the next twenty years I was in the leadership and a teacher in the church. In 2003 the church merged with Fellowship Bible Church to form Cornerstone Bible Church. With the merger I was asked to be an Elder. I accepted the responsibilities and position of Elder and since then I have endeavored to honor Christ and shepherd HIS children and the church to HIS Glory.