Argile Asa Smith Jr. (born July 9, 1955) is an American

clergy Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doctrines and practices. Some of the ter ...

man and academic administrator who served as interim president of

Louisiana Christian University Louisiana Christian University (LCU) is a private Baptist university in Pineville, Louisiana. It enrolls 1,100 to 1,200 students. It is affiliated with the Louisiana Baptist Convention (Southern Baptist Convention). 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

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from

William Carey College William Carey University (also known as Carey, William Carey, or WCU) is a Private university, private Christianity, Christian university in Mississippi, affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Mississippi Baptist Convention. T ...

in 1977 and a

Master of Divinity For graduate-level theological institutions, the Master of Divinity (MDiv, ''magister divinitatis'' in Latin) is the first professional degree of the pastoral profession in North America. It is the most common academic degree in seminaries and divi ...

and

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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

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-affiliated Louisiana College in 2011, and interim president in August 2014. In 2015, Smith was succeeded as president by

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References

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