Tallapoosa Association, director of missions

James Smith is the new director of missions for Tallapoosa Association. He received his education from Samford University in Birmingham and Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C. He previously served People’s Hospice of West Virginia. He also has served as a church planting catalyst with the West Virginia Convention of Southern Baptists, as director of missions for Monongahela Association in Clarksburg, W.Va., and as a pastor in Tennessee, among other ministry roles. His wife is Jerilyn.