Eddie Smith is the founder and president of the U.S. Prayer Center, and his wife, Alice, is executive director. Eddie and Alice are regular contributors to Charisma, Ministries Today, Spirit-Led Woman and Pray! Magazine, and are frequent guests on The 700 Club. They are internationally known conference speakers and authors. Before starting the U.S. Prayer Center in 1993, the Smiths served sixteen years in itinerant evangelism and fourteen years in the local church.