Robert Smith Jr. (far right), professor of Christian preaching at Samford University’s Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, was officially installed in the Charles T. Carter Baptist Chair of Divinity at Beeson on Sept. 22.
A popular preacher among Alabama Baptists, Smith has been on the Beeson faculty since 1997.
Carter, pastor emeritus of Shades Mountain Baptist Church, Vestavia Hills, has served in leadership roles at local, state and national levels within the denomination. He also has taught at Beeson.
Participating in the installation and chapel service were (l to r) Beeson Dean Timothy George; Ralph D. West, pastor of The Church Without Walls, Houston, Texas; Samford President Andrew Westmoreland; and Kathi Jacob of The Cathedral Church of the Advent, Birmingham. James E. Massey (not shown), dean emeritus of Anderson University School of Theology, delivered the installation charge.
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