The Board of Directors would like to welcome Rev. Ron Smith, Ph.D. as the new president of the Francis Asbury Society (FAS). Dr. Smith is no stranger to the Society, serving as the chief executive officer on two previous occasions and as an FAS evangelist for over twenty years. He is a graduate of Asbury University, Asbury Theological Seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Drew University, where he was awarded his doctorate in Church history. Dr. Smith is the former president of Wesley Biblical Seminary and recently retired as an ordained elder from the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, where he pastored some of the conference’s largest churches. He brings great wisdom, experience, and commitment to the Society’s call “to spread Scriptural holiness” throughout the world.
At the same time, the Board wants to thank Rev. Stan Key for his years of anointed leadership of the Society as president. He has helped guide the Society as it has transitioned from its founding leaders to a new generation of ministry. Rev. Key will remain with the Society as director of Publishing and as an FAS evangelist.
Please join with the Board as we pray for the new president, Dr. Ron Smith, and celebrate the leadership of our former president, Rev. Stan Key.
Dr. Chris Bounds
Chair of the Francis Asbury Society Board of Directors