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The Reverend Dr. Linda M. Smith is a preacher,  speaker, author, life coach, consultant, Spiritual Director, and founder, and Executive Director of the SKY Urban Empowerment and Transformation Center. She is Senior Pastor of Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Baptist Church, Renton WA.  Dr. Smith holds a Doctoral in Transformative Leadership and Master of Divinity with a Post Graduate certificate in Transforming Spirituality. She is has a  second Post Doctoral, Prophetic Leadership and Preaching for Justice and Social Change in the 21st Century and beyond. She is the author of Pathway to the Soul, spiritual coaching, and several other publications. She comes from a professional background in Human Resources and has been actively involved in coaching managers and leaders in personal, professional, and spiritual development for over 35 years. 

 

Linda is a graduate of City University , Seattle University School of Theology and Ministry, Bakke Graduate University and American Baptist Seminary of the West. She has completed a Master of Divinity and Postgraduate in Transforming Spirituality, Doctor of Ministry Degree and is currently post  Doctor of Transformational and Prophetic Leadership from Colgate Rochester University. She is a certified Spiritual Director and Coach. 

  

 

Her experience includes corporate, organizational, spiritual, and ministerial experience. She has served in many capacities engaged prophetically for justice. She was the founder of the Center of Hope in Renton WA, a homeless shelter. She also serves as Pastoral and Spiritual Providers for Mary’s Place, a homeless shelter program. She has been actively involved in many social arenas speaking and advocating for issues of equalirty, justice, race relationship, and homelessness in the Greater Seattle and South King County. Her involvement in civil government in the public square includes activities that support eradicating issues around poverty, homelessness, and racial injustices.
Quote:  Life is a gift. Every person deserves to live the best life possible and to their highest God given potential and purpose.  My goal in life is to help every person I meet to see and follow the path that leads to the genius within them created by the Almighty Creator!