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Zollie L Smith was credentialed as a Church Evangelist in 1977. He was committed to fulfilling Acts Chapter 2 Verse 8 as a Spirit-Filled child of God. The joy of sharing Jesus with others became the driving force for Zollie because he had experienced the power of God’s love in rescuing him from a life of evil. He was convinced since God delivered him through Jesus, God would do it for others. In 1980 Zollie and four couples pioneered God’s House of Prayer Assembly where the Church grew from ten adherents to thirty-five in his basement. The Church relocated and continued to grow which resulted in purchasing an existing Church facility. Zollie was Senior Pastor for ten years before God directed Him to resign. In 1982 Zollie became a credential holder in The Assemblies of God Fellowship and in 1986 an Ordained Minister. He was elected as the Senior Pastor of First Assembly of God in 1999, later to become Eternal Life Christian Center where the Church grew from 87 adherents to over 500 adherents with an average Sunday attendance of over 300 during his fifteen-year tenure as Senior Pastor. The Church mobilized 22 functional ministries, constructed a 1.7-million-dollar Education Enrichment Center that offered, elementary education, early childhood learning with an official size basketball court.

In 1998 Zollie was elected as the Assistant Superintendent of the New Jersey District Council Assemblies of God where he assisted in superintending the affairs of the Council. In the preceding years Zollie was elected as President of The National Black Fellowship, Executive Presbyter of the General Council Assemblies of God, New Jersey District Executive Secretary, and The Executive Director of U.S. Missions for ten years prior to retiring. As Executive Director he had oversight of 2400 hundred missionaries and spouses, managed an annual budget of over thirty million dollars. The number of mobilized missionaries increased, the division moved from a status of 7 among the 8 divisions to number 1, during his last three years in office, in financial increases and organizational stability.

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As a Church Mobilization Consultant, Zollie’s focus is mobilizing the Church to do the work of the “Ministry” by equipping the church to be transformed by renewing their minds through their increasing knowledge of God. The Church is God’s Divine structure designed by Him to function interdependently as a unified body under the headship of Jesus Christ and empowerment of the Holy Spirit to fulfill His Cause. The heart of God must be the desired outcome for every child of God accomplished by presenting one’s body to God as a living righteous and holy sacrifice. The process of becoming a living sacrifice unto God is sacrificial unto itself. The process begins with the renewing of the mind. The renewing process implies you are ready to pursue the Cause of God. The Cause of God requires one to deny themselves of what is felt as essential and important for their life. The Cause of God will transform one into believing so strongly in it, that it moves them into action by functioning solely to bring about the desired outcome of the Cause.

Mobilizing the Church is simply equipping the Saints to follow God’s Cause through His son Jesus and His Holy Spirit. The Cause of God is His willingness “That None Perish” but all would repent and come back to Him through His Son Jesus. God’s Cause has been outlined through His Truths so His followers would empty themselves of their will by letting the Cause of God become their commitment of service. Following requires one to sacrifice their will and follow the will of God as Jesus did; “Not my will but thy will be done.” Luke chapter 22 verse 42.

Zollie describes “Mobilizing the Church” in the same light of “Making Disciples.” He uses Romans chapter 12 verses 1 and 2; Ephesians chapter 4 verses 1 thru 16; 2 Peter 3:9; John 3:16 & 17; Luke chapter14 verse 27.