Colin S. Smith (born April 27, 1958) is an evangelical pastor and author. Smith is currently the senior pastor of The Orchard Evangelical Free Church in Illinois, where he has been since 1996. The Orchard Evangelical Free Church has six campus locations: Arlington Heights, Barrington, Itasca, Marengo, Northfield and Vernon Hills.

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Colin Smith is senior pastor of The Orchard Evangelical Free Church, a thriving, multi-campus church located in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, and Founder and Teaching Pastor of Open the Bible.

These sermons by Pastor Colin S. Smith were preached at the Orchard Evangelical Free Church in Barrington, IL (or at the Arlington Heights, IL Campus). — Ope...

Watch these two videos of Pastor Colin Smith's decision to step down from his position as Senior Pastor, and The Board's recommendation of Senior Pastor Candidate Brad Wetherell. ... Join us as we celebrate what God has done through Pastor Colin at The Orchard in the past 28 years and welcome our new Senior Pastor through worship and prayer ...

There are some wonderful things that will happen in your life as you grow in hope. Pastor Colin talks about two of them—experiencing deeper comfort...

Open the Bible was founded in 1999 by Colin Smith. Originally from Scotland, Colin has served for over two decades as Senior Pastor of The Orchard , a network of church congregations in the North West suburbs of Chicago in America.

Founder – Colin Smith. A Personal Note from Pastor Colin. God’s Word is everlasting and never returns to Him empty. Yet with all this power to create and sustain new life, so many Bibles remain unopened. “We have this ministry by the mercy of God.

Colin Smith is senior pastor of The Orchard Evangelical Free Church, a thriving, multi-campus church located in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, and Founder and Teaching Pastor of Open the Bible.

Open the Bible is the teaching ministry of Pastor Colin Smith. Our mission is to use a broad array of modern media to help people around the world meet Jesus. We do this by opening the Bible for them, helping them open the Bible themselves, and equipping them to open the Bible with others.