Argile Asa Smith Jr. (born July 9, 1955) is an American
clergy
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man and academic administrator who served as interim president of
Louisiana Christian University
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Louisiana Christia ...
from August 2014 to April 2015.
Background
Born in
Poplarville, Mississippi
Poplarville is a city in Pearl River County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,894. It is the county seat of Pearl River County. It hosts an annual Blueberry Jubilee, which includes rides, craft vendors ...
, Smith received a
B.A.
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in
Religion
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from
William Carey College
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in 1977 and a
Master of Divinity
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and
Ph.D.
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from
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS) is a Baptist theological institute in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. Missions and evangelism are core focuses of the seminary.
NOBTS offers doctoral ...
, thereafter remaining at the seminary as a professor for fourteen years.
He became dean of the
Southern Baptist
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-affiliated Louisiana College in 2011,
and interim president in August 2014.
In 2015, Smith was succeeded as president by
Rick Brewer
Rick Brewer (born in Stanley, New Brunswick) is a New Brunswick businessman and politician, and a former assistant pastor.
Early life
Brewer was the son of Richard C. Brewer and Emma Hanson. He was an assistant pastor in the Pentecostal Churc ...
.
References
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1955 births
Living people
People from Poplarville, Mississippi
Writers from New Orleans
People from Biloxi, Mississippi
People from Pineville, Louisiana
Presidents of Louisiana Christian University
William Carey University alumni
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary alumni
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary faculty
American non-fiction writers
Baptist ministers from the United States
Baptists from Mississippi
Baptists from Louisiana