Drs. Adam & Candice Smithyman
Dr. Adam Smithyman
Adam is Senior Pastor of Freedom Destiny Church in Orange Park, Florida. He is Founder and President of Dream Mentors Transformational Life Coaching Institute, a biblical life coaching educational organization that teaches and trains educators and coaches in this specialty of life coaching.
He holds a Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Truth Bible College and Seminary in Jacksonville, Florida. He also has a Bachelor of Arts in Theology from the International College of Excellence in Tinley Park, Illinois, and a Bachelors of Arts in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a retired US Navy Commander with over 21 years of service. Adam has helped publish curriculum and manuals for Dream Mentors International which are used throughout the nation for biblical life coaching. Adam has appeared on international and local television and radio programs. He has hosted the local Jacksonville Trinity Broadcasting Network, Praise the Lord program with his wife, Candice. He has co-authored the newly released, “Soul Transformation: Your Personal Journey” (August 2015, Westbow Press Publishing).
Adam is an ordained minister with One Focus in Hampton Roads, Virginia, and a Board Certified Pastoral Counselor with the American Association of Christian Counselors. He is the father of Alexandria, Nicholas, and Samantha, two sons-in-law, Garrison Knight and Hunter Lisenba, and one daughter-in-law, Avery Smithyman.
Dr. Candice Smithyman
Candice is Executive Pastor of Freedom Destiny Church in Orange Park, Florida, and Founder and Vice President of Dream Mentors Transformational Life Coaching Institute, a biblical life counseling and coaching educational organization that teaches and trains educators and coaches in the specialty of life coaching. She received her Doctorate of Ministry in Christian Counseling from Jacksonville Theological Seminary in Jacksonville, Florida. She also holds an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Truth Bible College and Seminary in Jacksonville, Florida, and has her Masters of Arts in Human Relations/Christian Counseling at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA. She also holds a Masters in Theology from the International College of Excellence in Tinley Park, Illinois, and a Bachelor of Business Administration, from James Madison University. She has served as an Adjunct Faculty Professor for Liberty University and other universities.
She has appeared on international and local television and radio programs including: Patricia King Everlasting Love show, Paula White Today show, TBN local affiliates in Texas, and hosting the Praise the Lord program in Jacksonville, Florida with her husband, Adam. She has also been on the Homekeepers Show, and the Total Living Network's Significant Living program. She has been a featured writer for Elijah List and her programs often air on Elijah List Prophetic TV. She is also a featured writer for the Prophetics Insights Division of Charisma Magazine and Spirit Fuel. She was the 2009 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Prayer Breakfast Speaker, holding this title with Hollywood actors such as Robert Wagner and Kirk Cameron, and Chick-fil-A Founder Truitt Cathy among others. She is a revival evangelist and has ministered at many churches and events.
She is currently the host of the Glory Road TV show which can be seen internationally on Faith USA on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 1:30pm and also on Faith UK and Faith Africa. Her she is also on internet TV outlets such as Youtube and Facebook, and airs every Saturday at 8:00PM EST on www.kingdomflame.com, and Life Stream Television at www.lifestreamnetworks.com. She is co-author of the newly released, “Soul Transformation: Your Personal Journey” (September 2016, Westbow Press). She also authored, “His Sufficiency for my Authenticity: 8 Keys to Authentic Relationship with God and Others” (May 2006) and 3 other books as an author contributor. She has written biblical life coaching curriculum for secular and Christian organizations. Candice is a Board Certified Pastoral Counselor with the American Association of Christian Counselors, and is an ordained minister with One Focus in Hampton Roads, VA. She is also a life coach with Patricia King’s Women in Ministry Network, and is mother to three beautiful and gifted children, Alexandria, Nicholas and Samantha, two sons-in-law, Garrison Knight and Hunter Lisenba, and one daughter-in-law, Avery Smithyman. For more information on Dr. Candice please visit her site at www.candicesmithyman.com.