John Smith, England, Minister

December 30. John Smith. Smith had trained to be a baker, but he applied to be a missionary. He was accepted and soon ordained. On this date in 1816, Smith sailed to Guyana, a tropical country bordered by Venezuela on the west, a country that drove its economy on the backs of human slaves.  In the next 4 years, Smith baptized 390 slaves, and his tiny congregation grew […] The post John Smith, England, Minister first appeared on 365 Christian Men.