Robert Smith, Jr.
Professor of Christian Preaching, Beeson Divinity School
Robert Smith, Jr., Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, serves as Professor of Christian Preaching at Beeson Divinity School. Previously he served as the Carl E. Bates Associate Professor of Christian Preaching at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.
A popular teacher and preacher, he received Southerns 1996 Findley B. Edge Award for Teaching Excellence. An ordained Baptist minister, he served as pastor of the New Mission Missionary Baptist Church for twenty years before returning to complete his Ph.D. He is also the author of a study of Christian ministry in the African-American church, Preparing For Christian Ministry, and co-editor of A Mighty Long Journey. His research interests include the place of passion in preaching, the literary history of African-American preaching, Christological preaching, and theologies of preaching. At Beeson, Smith teaches Christian Preaching and other electives in homiletics.
He and his wife, Wanda, are the parents of four adult children.
Address(es)
- Aug 30, 2013 - Chapel: Robert Smith, Jr.
"Rated R for Redemption" from Joshua 2:1-17 - Sep 7, 2012 - Chapel: Robert Smith
"Have You Been to Bethany?" from John 11:1-8 - Oct 7, 2009 - Future of Denominationalism Conference: Robert Smith
Robert Smith - Nov 14, 2008 - Chapel: Robert Smith
Where Do We Go From Here? - Sep 6, 2006 - Chapel: Robert Smith
"Living Between Two Inescapable Realities" from Jeremiah 20:7-18 - Mar 16, 2005 - Chapel Service: Robert Smith
"The Other Side of Grace," II Corinthians 12:1-10 - Apr 4, 2003 - The Power & the Promise of the Word Conference: Plenary 2 - Robert Smith
Plenary 2 - Robert Smith