Dr. Robert Smith serves as a Professor of Christian preaching and holds the Charles T. Carter Baptist Chair of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School. 

He is a contributing editor for a study of Christian ministry in the African American church, Preparing for Christian Ministry, and is 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. 

His workshop, Elijah: A Mirror of Identity for Ministers will be focused on the following:

  -  Looking at the agony of defeat, aloneness, and depression

  -  Understanding and appreciating the assignment God has given us

  -  Dealing with some of life’s most fundamental questions:

        -  Is the Word of God enough?

        -  Can we persevere?

        -  When you hit the bottom, will it hold?

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The workshop will include a teaching session, Q & A, and discussion. Lunch will be provided.