BIBLE BASED,CHURCH: WHERE OUR MOTTO HERE IS... "FOLLOW PEACE WITH
ALL MAN AND HOLINESS WITHOUT, WHICH NO MAN
SHALL SEE THE LORD" HEBREWS 12:14 VERSE. OUR THREE KEYS ARE: (1) PRASIE AND WORSHIP
(2) PRAYER AND FASTING
(3) GOD'S WORD
BIOGR
APHY OF: AP ANTONIO DWAYNE SMILEY
BOTH APOSTLE ANTONIO SMILEY AND ELECT LADY KATHLEEN SMILEY ATTEND THE
DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THE NECESSARY
REQUIRMENTS FOR GRADUATION. WHILE CONTINUING FARTHER IN LIFE APOSTLE SMILEY BECAME
ACQUAINTED WITH ELECT LADY SMILEY WHILE ATTENDING SERVICE AT HER HOME
CHURCH. ON JUNE 14, 2008 THEY EXCHANGED THEIR VOWS BEFORE GOD AND REV. T.E HARALSON OF JEHOVAH UNITY BAPTIST CHURCH. APOSTLE SMILEY AND ELECT
LADY SMILEY SERVED FAITHFULLY (APOSTLE SMILEY UNDER BISHOP JAMES BOWMAN
& ELECT LADY SMILEY UNDER REV. T.E HARALSON) ELECT LADY SMILEY SERVED ONE
YEAR AS THE MASS CHOIR PRESIDENT, SERVED OVER TEN YEARS ON THE USHER
BROAD, AND ALSO SERVED AS A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER. APOSTLE SMILEY
SERVED AS DEACON,USHER,YOUNG PEOPLE'S PRESIDENT,PRESIDENT OF THE
MINISTERS ALLIANCE,AND SECOND ASSISTANT PASTOR. APOSTLE ANTONIO SMILEY
WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS CALLING AND PREACHED HIS FIRST TRAIL SERMON ON
DECEMBER 5, 1988. FIVE YEARS LATER HE RECEIVED HIS MINISTERS LICENSE ON
AUGUST 21, 1993, AND IN THREE YEARS ORDAINED AS ELDER OF THE CHURCH ON
AUGUST 24, 1996. THE LORD GAVE APOSTLE ANTONIO SMILEY THE VISION OF HIS
MINISTRY ON MAY 3, 1998. ALSO RECEIVED THREE KEYS: (1) PRAYER & FASTING, (2)
PRAISE & WORSHIP, (3) THE WORD. BY THIS HE WAS GIVEN THE NAME OF THE
CHURCH. THE WAY OF TRUTH APOSTOLIC CHURCH WAS FOUNDED ON MAY 5, 1998. IN
APOSTLE SMILEY WALK OF FAITH,HE RECOGNIZED FROM AN EARLY AGE THE AMAZING
POWERS OF THE HOLY GHOST,WITH THE DEVELOPING OF A SINCERE HEART,LIFE
TOOK ON A NEW MEANING AND FROM THE JOYS OF READING THE WORD,APOSTLE
SMILEY UNDERSTOOD SACRIFICES WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE,TO BECOME
EFFECTUAL. "NO CHALLENGE, NO TEST, NO TEST, NO TESTIMONY. THE DELIVERANCE
POWER OF GOD WAS BEING REVEALED TO HIM. AND AS HE RECEIVED SIGHT HE
EVEN MORE MARVELED AT GOD'S GREAT PREACHING POWER. IN CLOSING APOSTLE
SMILEY ADD'S,"GO WITH THE DO'S AND DO AWAY WITH THE CAN'T DO'S. THE LORD
HAS MANIFESTED US TO RECOGNIZE,THERE IS NO LIMITATIONS IN THE ABILITY TO
BRING IN THE HARVEST. IN MARCH 2o11, THE WAY OF TRUTH APOSTOLIC CHURCH
JOINED RHEMA INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHURCHES (RIFC) UNDER THE
LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDING PRELATE BISHOP ERIC LLOYD. WHERE HE SERVED AS
THE MICHIGAN STATE OVERSEER OF (RIFC) THREE YEARS, AND WAS ELEVATED TO
BISHOP ELECTED IN AUGUST 2013. A YEAR AFTER WAS CONSECRATED TO THE
SACRED OFFICE OF BISHOP, BY HIS CHIEF CONSECRATOR BISHOP ERIC LLOYD,
CO-CONSECRATOR BISHOP D’ALDO JONES AND A HOST OF BISHOP’S FROM THE
STATE OF MICHIGAN. IN MAY 2015, BISHOP SMILEY RECEIVED “SPECIAL TRIBUTE”
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR RICK SYNDER AND PRESENTED BY THE 7TH DISTRICT STATE
REP. LATANYA GARRETT UPON THE OBSERVANCE OF 17 YEARS OF INSPIRED
SERVICE, COMMITMENT, DEDICATION, AND CONTINUAL POSITIVE IMPACT ON THIS
GREAT COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY OF DETROIT. FROM 2970 JEFFERSON TO 7700
OAKLAND AND 6901 GRATIOT AVENUE. THESE THREE LOCATION CAN NOT COMPARE
TO THE FAVOR AND BLESSING OF PURCHASING OUR FIRST BUILDING DECEMBER 29,
2021 AT 12490 KELLY ROAD IN DETROIT WERE MUCH REPAIRING OF ROOF,CEILING
TILES,EPOXY FLOORING,AND REPLACING OF FRONT DOORS TO THE ENTRANCE OF
THE CHURCH HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISH BY THE WILLING WORKER OF T.W.O.T. NOT TO
SAY THE LESS GREATER WORKS MEANING GREATER WAY OF TRUTH INTERNATIONAL
FELLOWSHIP WAS FOUNDED AND INCORPORATED APRIL 12TH 2024 ALONG WITH HIS
26 YEAR OF PASTORAL CELEBRATION OUR APOSTLE ELECTED WAS AFFIRMED AND
ELEVATED TO CHIEF APOSTLE MAY 4TH 2024 BY THE CHIEF CONSECRATOR APOSTLE
DR. CELESTINE TODD ANOINTED BY GOD MINISTRIES,CO-CONSECRATORS APOSTLE
T.A. CISTERNINO S.C.R.C.,AND HOMILIST BY APOSTLE DR. MARY HEMMINGWAY
CISTERNINO REFINER’S FIRE FELLOWSHIP OF CHURCHES AND A HOST OF APOSTLE'S
AND BISHOP'S FROM THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.
