Press Releases from Sunday School Publishing Board (6 total)
Historic First Baptist Church Capital Hill Selects A Legacy
Nashville, Tennessee—The Reverend Dr. Kelly Miller Smith, Jr. of Knoxville Tennessee has been selected to serve as the 20th pastor of historic First Baptist Church Capitol, downtown Nashville, Tennessee. His father the late Reverend Dr. Kelly Miller Smith, Sr was the 16th pastor of this prominent historic African American Church. Dr. Smith has over 30 years of religious and business leadership experience. He currently serves as Pastor of the Mt.…
MLK Day in Nashville finds the dream marching on.....Struggles recalled; legacy …
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY
The Rev. Kelly Miller Smith Jr. used to think all families' dinner-table talk
revolved around how to get one's child enrolled in a segregated school. He was 5 years old when his father, the first NAACP Nashville chapter president, became one of the first parents to sue to integrate the city's schools.
"What you remember is the brick thrown into a home, the house set on fire,"…
Kelly Miller Smith Jr. to speak on MLK Day
The Rev. Dr. Kelly Miller Smith Jr. will be the keynote speaker for the 2010 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Convocation on Monday, Jan. 18, at Tennessee State University’s Gentry Center.
The convocation program follows the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. March from 28th Avenue North to the Tennessee State University campus. This year’s event celebrates the 50th anniversary of Nashville’s sit-in demonstrations. The Interdenominational Ministers’ Fellowship has adopted,…
Sunday School Publishing Book Board's Book Publishing Division Releases book abo …
On Wednesday, January 21, 2009, at 12:30-2:00 p.m. and 4:00-5:00 p.m., there will be a book signing for the newly published Townsend Press release of Images of a Preacher: A Study of the Life of Reverend Joseph Harrison Jackson. It will be held at the bookstore in the Baptist World Center during the Mid-winter Board Meeting of the National Baptist Convention. The Mid-winter meeting is expected to draw over 1,800…
Sunday School Publishing Board annouces new Executive Director, Dr. Kelly Miller …
The Corporate Board of the Sunday School Publishing Board of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Incorporated, with the Reverend John H. Rouse as Chairman, has selected the Reverend Dr. Kelly Miller Smith, Jr. of Knoxville Tennessee to serve as the Executive Director. Dr. Smith, who was previously the Secretary for the Corporate Board of Directors of the Sunday School Publishing Board, assumes the position following the death of the previous…
Sunday School Publishing Board host Christian Education Conference in Nashville
The Sunday School Publishing Board of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. held the organization's annual Christian Education Conference November 30- December 5, 2008 at The Baptist World Center, 1700 World Center Drive in Nashville. The theme for the 2008 Conference was: "To Serve This Present Age: A Relevant Church for Contemporary Society." According to the Executive Director of the Sunday School Publishing Board, Dr. Kelly Miller Smith, Jr.,…
