Elder Lucy Smith

Summary

Elder Lucy Smith (1874–1952), also known as Lucy Turner Smith, was an African-American Pentecostal pastor and faith healer, who founded All Nations Pentecostal Church in Chicago, Illinois. Her healing ministry attracted large numbers of followers and her church grew to have 3,000 members. She was the first woman to be the founding pastor of a church in Chicago. Upon her death in 1952, her funeral was attended by 60,000 people, and is considered to be the largest funeral held in Chicago up to that date.