“But to each one of us grace has been given as Messiah apportioned it.”
– Ephesians 4:7
Evangelist Amanda Berry-Smith understood a thing or two about the grace of God. Born a slave her father worked nights after toiling all day to purchase the freedom of her mother, Amanda, and her siblings. She had a life-changing conversion experience which not only saved her soul but saved her mind from a crippling fear of whites. Evangelist Berry-Smith would go on to preach to crowds of thousands without a microphone at holiness revivals across the country leading, both African Americans and whites to saving grace in Yeshua. Her anointing and presence were so strong as she stood at 6 feet tall that the press dubbed her “God’s image carved in ebony.” She would go on to preach in Europe, India, and Africa. When preaching in Europe she was begged not to leave because she led so many to Yeshua. She did leave Europe to return to America to build the first orphanage for African American children in Chicago. Evangelist Amanda Berry-Smith truly understood the great grace of God, and she spread this grace to others.
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