Rev. Greg Smith is a native of Los Angeles, California. He was ordained in 1995 under the Progressive National Baptist Convention. Rev. Smith was the founder and senior pastor of New Light With God Community Church of Los Angeles for 3yrs after being an active member of Unity Fellowship of Los Angeles for 10 years. Currently he is the Director of Prevention Services at AIDS Survival Project in Atlanta, Georgia. His area of expertise is program development, public policy, grassroots organizing and biblical studies. Currently he sits on the board of several organizations here in Atlanta and Los Angeles.

Rev. Smith has a lifelong commitment to sharing the teachings of Jesus Christ to our community. In the 15yrs of working on rights of the disenfranchised,�his faith in God has never wavered. He is committed to developing The Vision Church into a local body that serves as a "refueling station" not only for our community but for people across this great nation.���He is committed to Moving from Vision to Victory!

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Rev. Paris Eley - Christian Education Team

Rev. Paris L. Eley was born in Houston, Texas and raised in Columbia, South Carolina.� He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology.� In 2001, he received his Master of Divinity from Columbia Theological Seminary.�� Under the leadership of Rev Dennis A Meredith, Rev Eley was ordained to the ministry of word and sacrament at the Tabernacle Baptist Church, where he served as an assistant minister.� Currently, he is working on his first book, And Forbid Them Not: Sermons From the Edge, a collection of sermons addressing HIV and AIDS.

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