Reverend Tanya A. Smith

Minister Tanya A. Smith is an Associate Minister at Providence Baptist Church of San Francisco, CA.  She was licensed to preach on November 17, 2007, by Reverend Calvin Jones, Jr., Pastor Emeritus; and she is regarded as a faithful servant leader for the Sunday Morning Bible Study for New Members, Prison Ministry, and the Girl’s Ministry-a division of the Women’s Ministry.

Minister Smith is an exhorter with Prayer Everywhere, an international teleconference and prayer ministry under the leadership of Bishop Sean F. Teal, D.Th., as well as, Abounding Love Bible Ministry, under the direction of Rev. Anita Latin, M.Th.  She is a past president of the Home and Foreign Mission District’s Women’s Ministry; and the former Chair of the Missions and Outreach Committee of the California State Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.

Affectionally known as Aminisha, a Swahili word meaning “the inspirer, one who promotes faith in others,” Minister Smith has a genuine love for helping hurting women.  She is a former counselor and manager of a faith-based, parachurch, and a non-profit organization where she directed the clinical operations of three licensed medical clinics that provide free medical care and professional counseling for women and men in unplanned pregnancies.

Minister Smith is a native of San Francisco and has one adult son.