Dr. Tim S. Smith is the Director of Missions for the Floyd County Baptist Association in Rome, Georgia and has been in the position since March, 2021. At the end of 2020 Dr. Smith accepted the Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive from the Georgia Baptist Mission Board where he was on the Church Strengthening Team and served as the Discipleship Consultant for the Northwest Georgia region. Prior to his last position with the GBMB he had served the lead state missionary for Groups & Faith Development, specialist for Sunday School & Small Groups, team coordinator/leader for Sunday School & Open Groups and consultant for Bible Study Ministries. Dr. Smith started with the GBMB in 1999.

Before going to the GBMB he served the following churches; Tabernacle Baptist Church in Cartersville, First Baptist Church in Dallas, Wake Crossroads Baptist Church in Raleigh, Bowdon Baptist Church in Bowdon, Midway Church in Villa Rica, First Baptist Church in Douglasville, New Holland Baptist Church in Gainesville and Glen Forest Baptist Church in Mableton.

Dr. Smith earned his Doctor of Ministry degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He received the degree of Master of Divinity with Christian Education from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. He earned a degree of Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia and from Truett-McConnell University in Cleveland, Georgia he received an Associate in Arts degree in Religious Studies.

The focus of his work is partnering with pastors and leaders to strengthening churches in their mission of making disciples. Each year he works with hundreds of churches, associations and other state conventions.

In addition to his ministry with the Floyd County Baptist Association, Dr. Smith is also a National Bible Teacher for Sunday School University (http://www.sundayschooluniversity.com/). He is also the southeastern regional consultant with the Hemphill Center for Church Revitalization at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (https://swbts.edu/academics/centers/center-for-church-revitalization/). He is the state Trainer for DLife (https://livingthedlife.com/) as well as a church consultant for SOA Church Architecture and Construction (https://www.soaconstruction.net/)

He has authored, co-authored or contributed to several resources including; Lead Your Group, Bringing LIFE to Adult Sunday School, Basics of Preschool/Children/Youth and Adult Sunday School series, Sunday School that Really Excels: Real Life Examples of Churches with Healthy Sunday Schools, Be a Catalyst: Start New Groups, The Sunday School Leadership Course, Training Your Sunday School Leaders, The Power of 10, Key Strategies of a Healthy Sunday School, Coaching a Winning Team, Evangelism through the Sunday School, and Training the Adult Sunday School Class Leadership Team.

He is a native of Georgia. Tim and his wife Cathy live in White, Georgia. They have adult two children and three grandchildren.