WELCOME TO MOUNT OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH-EAST, INC.
 • Background
The Reverend Dr. Kelly Miller Smith, Jr., son of Mrs. Alice C. Smith and the late Reverend Dr. Kelly Miller Smith, Sr., was reared in Nashville, Tennessee. He is married to Sue Hall Smith and they have three children, and three grandchildren. God continued the tradition of ministry when Dr. Smith, Jr. announced his call, was licensed to the ministry in 1974, and ordained in 1979 at First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, Nashville, Tennessee, where his father was the pastor.
• Education
Dr. Smith received a B.A. in music from Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia (1976) and graduated from the Morehouse School of Religion of the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) also in Atlanta (1983), with a Master of Divinity degree. He received a Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) degree from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio (1993). He served as an adjunct professor at United for Doctor of Ministry students.
• Service and Initiatives
Pastor Smith accepted the pastorate of Mount Olive in March of 1991, coming to Knoxville with a wealth of experience in the ministry. Since coming to Mt. Olive the church has experienced tremendous growth spiritually, numerically and financially. A music academy has been established, offering piano, drum, voice and guitar lessons. Work is in progress to establish an academic Christian Academy sponsored through the church.
• Affiliations
A man of immense energy, Pastor Smith is very active in numerous religious and professional organizations. He serves as Vice-President of the Tennessee Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention. From 1993-1997 he served as President of its the Leadership Education Congress (a position that his father also once held). Since 1996 he has served on the Board of Directors for the Sunday School Publishing Board of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. He also is currently serving on various other Boards of Director across the United States. He was commissioned a chaplain with the Knoxville Police Department in 1994. He is also one of the contributing devotional writers to the African American Devotional Bible (Zondervan). He is a member of the Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity (Boule’). He was inducted into the Martin Luther King, Jr. Board of Preachers at Morehouse College in April 2003.
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