By Regan Spinks, AccessWDUN Staff
Dr. Tyler Smiley accepts the symbolic baton from Lakewood Baptist Church Deacon Leadership Chair Neal Booth on Sunday, Dec. 13 before being installed as the church s seventh senior pastor (Photo: Lakewood Baptist Church).
Dr. Tyler H. Smiley was installed as the seventh pastor of Lakewood Baptist Church on Sunday, Dec. 13.
Smiley has served in leadership roles at Lakewood since 2013, when he was named the church’s Associate Missions Pastor. In 2019, he was promoted to Senior Associate Pastor.
In addition to his ministerial work at Lakewood, Smiley served at Journey Church in Centennial, Colorado and Logos Central Chapel Church in Denver, Colorado. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Denver Seminary as well as a Master of Theology and a Doctor of Philosophy from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Tyler Smiley gave his first sermon at Lakewood Baptist. A decade later, he s returned as senior pastor Neal Booth, Lakewood Baptist Church s deacon leadership chair, passes a symbolic baton on Dec. 13, 2020, to Tyler Smiley, who is now the congregation s senior pastor.
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At 21 years old, Tyler Smiley gave his first sermon before the members of Lakewood Baptist Church in Gainesville.
Smiley said he preached a sermon on John 13 before he went off to seminary in Denver, Colorado.