Eli Smith, Church Planter and Pastor of House of Miracles Church, Interview with Dr. Chris Crain

Eli Smith is a church planter, pastor, and police officer for the City of Birmingham. Pastor Eli grew up in the community of East Lake in East Birmingham. He and his wife Chundra, also a Birmingham police officer and now retired, are the parents of five children.

In this episode of Undivided Birmingham, Pastor Eli shares an acronym God gave him for the East Lake community surrounding his church plant, House of Miracles. The acronym is CPR. 

C - Christ

P - Pray continuously

R - Revitalization and resources 

Pastor Eli says it takes both hands to push before life comes back and partners are the handiwork of God. He has established an Engage East Lake Team at House of Miracles and together they are moving the church into the next generation. Formerly Lake Highland Baptist Church and located in an old historic building made from stones, House of Miracles is a new church plant, a new entity, with a new voice but the same message of God's gospel of grace and salvation to all who will believe.