Dr. J. Alfred Smith, Sr.
Senior Pastor, Allen Temple Baptist Church
Oakland, CA
Dr. J. Alfred Smith, Sr. is the senior pastor of the Allen Temple Baptist Church. He also serves as professor of Christian Ministry and Preaching at the American Baptist Seminary of the West in Berkeley, California.
For two years, Dr. J. Alfred Smith, Sr. has been one of Ebony's 100 Most Influential Black Americans and was among Ebony's Top 15 Greatest Black Preachers of 1993. In 2001, Dr. Smith received the Greenlining Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award and the East Bay Agency for Children's Humanitarian of the Year Award.
Dr. Smith is the author of 16 books. His most recent book was released in May 2004: On the Jericho Road, a story of his life in ministry. Among Dr. Smith's other publications are Giving to a Giving God, Basic Bible Sermons and Lamentations in the City. Dr. Smith is a past president of the Progressive National Baptist Convention and of American Baptist Churches of the West.
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