Ds. William D. Smart Jr.

Ds. William D. Smart Jr. tans mede-pastoor van die Christus Liberation Ministries in Los Angeles. He also is Director of External Training and Outreach at the Los Angeles Alliance for A New Economy a nationally recognized nonprofit organization. Ds. Smart has pastored CME congregations in Birmingham, Alabama, Apex; Noord-Carolina, Forest City, Arkansas; Jackson, Tennessee Norfolk, Virginia; and Los Angeles, California. In August of 2002-August 2010 he and his wife founded and pastored an independent non-denominational congregation Christ Liberation Ministries.

He started working as a faith-based outreach coordinator with Bill Clinton’s gubernatorial campaign in 1984, and subsequently worked on Clinton’s 1992 en 1996 presidential campaigns. He also served as a clergy outreach coordinator for the Democratic National Committee during the 2000 en 2004 Presidential Campaigns. He recently served as the National Director of African American Clergy Outreach with Hillary Clinton for President Campaign.

Ds. Smart worked as an adjunct professor of world religion and biblical studies at Lane College in Jackson, where he also served as interim Vice President. Hy was president van die NAACP in Jackson, 'n direksielid van die SCLC in Birmingham, President van die Forest City Ministeriële Alliance en die staat Direkteur van Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling vir die NAACP in Tennessee. Hy het gedien as mede-voorsitter van die Black-Brown Unity Kommissie, 'n direksielid van die Gemeenskap Call to Action in Los Angeles, en dien tans as die voorsitter van die Raad vir die Groter Los Angeles Southern Christian Leadership Conference en 'n nasionale adviesraad lid van die Amerikaanse waardes Network.

Ds. Smart received his B.S. from Miles College in Birmingham, Alabama, and a Master’s of Divinity from Duke University. He lives with his wife, Ds. Thembekila Coleman-Smart, and three children, Gregory Jeremiah, KarmaNia Keturah, and Jehoshua -Jireh in Los Angeles.