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Argile Asa Smith, Jr. (born July 9, 1955), is a clergyman and scholar who served as the ninth and interim president of the Southern Baptist-affiliated Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana, from August 2014 to April 2015. ==Background== Born and reared in Poplarville in Pearl River County in southwestern Mississippi, Smith in 1977 obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Religion from William Carey College in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He subsequently procured a Master of Divinity and a Ph.D. from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, where while in New Orleans, he was thereafter for fourteen years the J. D. Grey professor of preaching at the seminary.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dr. Argile Smith Biographical Information )〕 Smith is the author of three ministerial books: *''Holy Gatherings: A Leader's Guide for Engaging the Congregation in Corporate Worship'' *''Interpersonal Relationship Skills for Ministers'' *''Helping Hurting People: A Handbook on Reconciliation-Focused Counseling and Preaching''.〔 Before he came to Louisiana College in 2011,〔 Smith was the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Biloxi, Mississippi. He came to LC as Dean of Chapel and Associate Dean of Pastoral Ministry for the Caskey School of Divinity,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Al Quartemont, "LC hires new Dean of Chapel", 2010 )〕 an entity endowed by the Coushatta businessman Edgar Cason, who has since withdrawn funding for the school and entered into an arrangement with New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Smith's former institution.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Leigh Guidry, "Former Louisiana College benefactors appear to be helping N.O. seminary" )〕 Smith and his wife, the former Connie Kathleen Saucier, also a native of Poplarville, married in 1975, both at the age of twenty. They have three grown sons, Joshua, David, and Dustin Smith.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Argile Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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