title: Argile Smith
text: # Argile Smith
  
  Argile Asa Smith Jr. (born July 9, 1955) is an American clergyman and academic administrator who served as interim president of Louisiana Christian University from August 2014 to April 2015.
  
  ## Background
  
  Born in Poplarville, Mississippi, Smith received a B.A. in Religion from William Carey College in 1977 and a Master of Divinity and Ph.D. from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, thereafter remaining at the seminary as a professor for fourteen years. He became dean of the Southern Baptist-affiliated Louisiana College in 2011, and interim president in August 2014. In 2015, Smith was succeeded as president by Rick Brewer.
  
  * Biography
  * Mississippi
  * United States
  * Education
  * Books
  