Ashley and Steven have three children, Jewell, Sidney, and Shepherd. Ordained Hillcrest Baptist Church of Dallas, TX. January 1991

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1 STEVEN W. SMITH Dean, The College at Southwestern Professor of Communication PO Box Fort Worth, TX PERSONAL INFORMATION Birthday Family Married to former Ashley Cherry of Plano, TX. Ashley is a graduate of Baylor University and holds a Masters of Divinity in Women s Studies from Southeastern Seminary, and a DMin from Southwestern Seminary, where she is also an adjunct professor. She has a passion for women s issues, and is an active speaker for ladies events. Ashley is the author of Daniel, Song of Solomon, I Corinthians, II Corinthians, and Ephesians in the Women s Evangelical Commentary. Ashley and Steven have three children, Jewell, Sidney, and Shepherd. Ordained Hillcrest Baptist Church of Dallas, TX. January 1991 EDUCATION Liberty University 1989 Bachelor of Science, Speech Communication Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary 1994 Master of Divinity Regent University 2003 Ph.D., Communication Dissertation Surrendered Communication: The Homiletic Theory of François Fénelon s Dialogues on Eloquence TEACHING MINISTRY Dean, The College at Southwestern, Professor of Communication 2010-Present

2 Associate Dean for Professional Doctorate Program James T. Draper Chair of Preaching and Pastoral Ministries Assistant Professor of Preaching Professor of Homiletics and Rhetoric Emmanuel University, Oradea Romania Present Other Teaching Ministry: Oxford Study Program (2006), Doctoral Seminars in Manila Philippines, (2008); Prague, Czech Republic (2009), and Beible Seminar Bonn, Germany (2011), COURSES TAUGHT Bachelor s Courses o Virtues of Godly Character o Baptist History and Heritage o Enlightenment Seminar Master s Courses o Introduction to Expository Preaching o Advanced Expository Preaching o Theology of Preaching o Contemporary Preaching o Preaching the Parables o Evangelism DMin Courses o Research and Writing Seminar o Preaching Narrative Literature o Theology of Preaching PhD Courses o Theology of Preaching o Southern Baptist Preaching o Preaching in a Historical Context o Preaching Reading Seminar o Graduate Level Research Seminar

3 CHURCH MINISTRY Interim Teaching Pastor, North Richland Hills Baptist Church, FW, TX 2012 Interim Teaching Pastor, Ovilla Road Baptist Church, Ovilla, TX 2011 Interim Teaching Pastor, Great Hills Baptist Church, Austin TX Guest Teacher, First Baptist Church Dallas, Taught midweek service for College/Young Adults, College Sunday School, Wednesday night services, etc. Associate Pastor, Hillcrest Baptist Church Teaching Ministry Senior Pastor, Salem Baptist Church Led the church to become debt free Average attendance at church tripled Led church to give over $50,000 to international missions Extensive renovations throughout campus Associate Pastor, Hillcrest Baptist Church Staff Evangelist, Bailey Smith Ministries Speaker, Pointing the Way Camps Soul Winning Staff, Liberty University MISSION TRIPS o Madagascar, 2013 o Cairo, Egypt, March 2006 o Oradea, Romania, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2010 o Lima, Peru, June 2002 o Russia, Romania, July 1992 o Rio De Jeneiro, Brazil, June 1989

4 OTHER INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY o Interviewed Fr. Réne Nowe in Paris, the Archivist for the Sulpician Order o Met with then Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanhayo, and evangelical leaders, in an effort to understand the American evangelical relationship with Israel. o Attended the Baptist World Alliance. Amman, Jordan o Preached at Second Baptist Church of Oradea, Romania o Other international ministry and travels include: Slovakia, Russia, Brazil, Peru, Germany, Canada, France, Italy, Switzerland, Croatia, Greece, Egypt, Czech Republic, Hungary, Belgium, Philippines, and Korea ELECTED POSITIONS o Appointed to Committee on Committees of the Southern Baptist Convention, 2003 o President, Bible Conference, SBC of Virginia 2000 o Chairman, Strategy and Planning Committee, SBC of Virginia, o Secretary, Executive Committee, SBC of Virginia, PUBLICATIONS o Christ-Centered Exposition: Exalting Jesus in Jeremiah & Lamentations, in Christ Centered Exposition Series. Nashville: B&H Academic, o Genre Sensitive Preaching, Preaching the Old Testament Narrative, Preaching Parables in Nelson s Annual Preacher s Source Book, 2013 Edition. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, o Feature Columnist for patheos.com 2010-present o The Second Shepherd: Jesus the Warrior Messiah and its implications on Preaching. Journal of Evangelical Homiletics Society, Spring 2011 o Dying to Preach: Embracing the Cross in the Pulpit. Grand Rapids: Kregel o Received a Book of the Year Award 2010 by Preaching Today o Translated into Korean, 2011 o Guyon, François Fénelon in Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization. Oxford, Blackwells o A Christology of Preaching Southwestern Journal of Theology. Volume 50. Number 2. Spring 2008

5 o The Non-Verbal Illustration: Mcluhan, Postman, and the Emerging Preacher. Spring Perichoresis o Feature columnist for christianity.com o Various published book reviews and popular articles CONFERENCES/PRESENTATIONS o Jesus the Good to Great Shepherd: The shepherding motif as a means of understanding the work of Christ in Hebrews. Southwestern Region of Evangelical Theological Society. March 9, 2012 o Invitation vs. Expectation: Reverse Engineering Peter s Sermon in Acts 2:14-40 SWBTS Expository Preaching Workshop, Spring o Values vs. Virtues: The Challenge of Emerging Christians on the College Campus PCA Education Symposium Spring, o Preaching the Old Testament Narrative C3 Expository Preaching conference, Pineville LA, o The History of Southern Baptist Preaching SWBTS Expository Preaching Workshop, Spring o Expository Preaching Conference, Central Baptist Church, NYC o Keeping the Faith: Fidelity and the Future of the Baptist College PCA Education Symposium, Dallas, TX Spring 2010 o Preaching Parables, C3 Expository Preaching conference, Pineville LA, 2010 o The Second Shepherd: Jesus the Warrior Messiah and its implications on Preaching. Evangelical Homiletics Society 2009 o Text Driven Preaching and the Nature of the Church Expository Preaching Conference. Spring 2009 o A Theology of Preaching C3 Expository Preaching conference, Pineville LA, 2009 o A Philosophy of Preaching SWBTS Expository Preaching Workshop. Spring 2008

6 o The Non-Verbal Illustration Preaching Magazine Conference, Dallas, April, 2006 o Spirit-Driven Application SWBTS Expository Preaching Workshop, March, 2006 o A Christology of Preaching Evangelical Theological Society. November, 2006 o The Conundrum of Taste: If all Truth is God s Truth, is all Beauty God s Beauty? Faith and Culture Conference, February 2006 o Expository Preaching and Application Conference on Expository Preaching. March, 2006 o The Non-Verbal Illustration: McLuhan, Postman and the Emerging Preacher Evangelical Homiletics Society. October, o Preaching an Old Testament Narrative Conference on Expository Preaching Southwestern Seminary, March 2005 o Expository Preaching: Translating and Communicating Scripture Conference, Meridian University, January 2004 o The Synchronization of Spirituality in Elvis Presley s 1976 Live Performance of How Great Thou Art ; Paper presented to North American Pop Culture Association, Toronto 2002.