Eric C. Smith

Dr. Smith serves as Associate Professor of Church History. He came to Southern Seminary in 2022 after several years of adjunct work for the school. He has served in pastoral ministry since 2008, and has been the senior pastor of Sharon Baptist Church in Savannah, Tennessee, since 2013. He is married to Candace and has three children.

1 Samuel 28:3-25

Preparing for Rural Church Ministry

My theology diploma from Union University is covered with smudgy black fingerprints. It seems that the snacks for our upcoming Vacation Bible School had been piled on the stovetop in our rural church’s fellowship hall.

How Does Church History Help Me Read Scripture Faithfully?

We not only need help in understanding what our Bibles teach us; we need flesh-and-blood models for how put that teaching into practice.