SECOND HALF MINISTRY

Bart Smith | Jody Smith

WHERE RECOVERY MEETS THE KINGDOM

Restoration. Recovery. Community. Kingdom.

Your worst chapters don’t have to become your final chapters.

THE ULTIMATE RECOVERY — METAMORPHOSIS

This ministry isn’t just about getting sober or getting your life back together. It’s about discovering who we really are in Christ and becoming FULLY ALIVE.

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Speaking & Events

Invite Bart to Speak

October 2026

  • October 30

    7:00 PM

    Shepherd’s Fold

    Wappapello, MO

November 2026

  • November 1

    10:45 AM & 6:00 PM

    First General Baptist Church

    East Prairie, MO

  • November 22

    10:30 AM

    Travelers Rest Church

    Sikeston, MO

January 2027

  • January 1–3

    Revival

    True Connection Church

    Festus, MO

    • Friday, January 1 · 7:00 PM
    • Saturday, January 2 · 7:00 PM
    • Sunday, January 3 · 10:30 AM & 6:00 PM

Our Story

Bart Smith

After 11 years in pastoral ministry, addiction nearly destroyed everything we had spent years building.

But our story didn’t end there.

On May 25, 2025, I entered treatment, and what began as a journey of recovery became a journey of DISCOVERY.

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Our Mission

To see people and families restored, discover their identity in Christ, and experience the freedom of becoming FULLY ALIVE in Jesus.

We believe restoration doesn’t stop with an individual. It reaches marriages, families, churches, and entire communities.

Our Vision — A Home for Restoration

We’re believing for a permanent home for Second Half Ministry in Bertrand, Missouri, serving our town and the surrounding communities.

We envision a restored building filled with LIFE.

A place for worship, recovery, discipleship, and community.

Where families are strengthened, children are growing, people are discovering freedom, and churches come together to lift up JESUS.

We’re not just believing for a building to be restored. We’re believing for lives, families, and communities to experience RESTORATION.

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Beyond the Building

Second Half Ministry isn’t limited to one location.

We’re passionate about sharing the gospel and our experience, strength, and hope wherever God opens doors.

Through churches, recovery gatherings, speaking engagements, community relationships, and our podcast, Out in the Open — Where Recovery Meets the Kingdom, we want to help others experience the life and freedom found in Jesus.

Confession Without Shame by Bart Smith book cover

The book · Bart Smith

Confession Without Shame

This is not a book about becoming better. It’s about becoming true.

Explore the Book

The podcast

Out in the Open

Where Recovery Meets the Kingdom

Real people, real relationships, genuine Kingdom community, and JESUS at the center.

Visit the Podcast
Out in the Open podcast with Bart and Jody Smith

Be Part of the Story

We’re not interested in building something around ourselves.

We want to see JESUS revealed through a community of people learning to love, serve, and grow together.

We’re inviting others to pray with us, serve alongside us, and partner with the vision.

There’s room for YOU in this story.

House Church gathering in Sikeston, Missouri
Speaking at a recovery gathering
Sharing a testimony from the front of the room
Talking one on one after a meeting
Bart and Jody Smith inviting people to House Church

Join us

House Church · Sikeston

307 W Salcedo

Sikeston, MO 63801

United States

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