Robert Smith, Jr.


Associate Professor of Divinity
Christian Preaching

Email: rrsmith@samford.edu
Phone: (205)726-2231

  Education
A.S., God's Bible College
B.S., Cincinnati Bible College
M.Div., Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Doctor of Sacred Theology (Hon.), Temple Community Bible College 


Robert Smith
joined the Beeson Divinity School faculty in 1997 and teaches Christian Preaching. He is the author of Doctrine that Dances: Bringing Doctrinal Preaching and Teaching to Life; coeditor (with Timothy George) of A Mighty Long Journey, a collection of sermons on racial reconciliation; and has had a study of Christian ministry in the African American church published in Preparing for Christian Ministry. His research interests include the place of passion in preaching and the literary history of African American preaching. An ordained Baptist minister, he served as pastor of New Mission Missionary Baptist Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, for 20 years. He and his wife, Wanda, are the parents of four adult children.

Audio Message by Robert Smith, Jr.

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"Dinner on the Grounds" 11/21/2008