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Follow on Google News | Historic First Baptist Church Capitol Hill Selects a LegacyThe Reverend Dr. Kelly Miller Smith, Jr. of Knoxville Tennessee has been selected to serve as the 20th pastor of historic First Baptist Church Capitol, Nashville, Tennessee.
Pastor Smith went to Mount Olive in March of 1991, going to Knoxville with a wealth of experience in the ministry. When he went to Mt. Olive the church experienced tremendous growth spiritually, numerically and financially.is very active in numerous religious and professional organizations. He served as Vice-President of the Tennessee Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention from 2004-2008. From 1993-1997 he served as President of its the Leadership Education Congress (a position that his father also once held). In 1996 he began serving on the Board of Directors for the Sunday School Publishing Board of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. before being asked in 2007 to serve as the Executive Director. He also is currently serving on various other Boards of Director across the United States. He was commissioned a chaplain with the Knoxville Police Department in 1994. He is also one of the contributing devotional writers to the African American Devotional Bible (Zondervan). He is a member of the Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity (Boule’). He was inducted into the Martin Luther King, Jr. Board of Preachers at Morehouse College in April 2003. A Nashville native, Dr. Smith is the son of Mrs. Alice Smith Risby and the late Reverend Dr. Kelly Miller Smith, Sr., former pastor of the First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill . He is married to the former Sue Hall and they have three children and three grandchildren. For additional information or to schedule an interview please contact the Sunday School Publishing Board's Media Relations department at 615-248- # # # Sunday School Publishing Board is the primary publisher of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A. Inc. The Sunday School Publishing Board produces, markets and distributes African-American Christian resources to 40,000 churches and individuals nationwide End
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