ABOUT THE AUTHOR Freddie Smith was born on the Southside of Chicago IL, in the neighborhood known as Hyde Park. He is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and holds bachelor degrees in Biblical Studies and Pastoral Leadership along with a Masters in Christian Counseling. He has pastored for eight years and is the founder of the God is in Control Healing and Deliverance Church, the God is in Control Outreach Ministries and the newly formed organization Endangered Species. He has written three other books and is currently writing a new book entitled Saving the Whole Man, which is the second in his two-book series called Make It Plain.