About Us

Sue and Greg Smith have recently moved from Fredericksburg, Virginia and now live in Carthage, Arkansas.  Their passion is to walk alongside Latino and non-Latino immigrants in their quest for dignity, sustainability and full integration into the communities where they live.

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The Smiths currently serve as field personnel with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and as Area Coordinators for Mission Teams for two US-based field teams, the Internationals North America and the Rural/Urban Team.  They plan to retire from CBF in June 2025.

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As field personnel, Greg and Sue have worked with LUCHA Ministries, Inc., a faith-based non-profit agency they founded in 2004 with partners Heather and Victor Gomez to serve the first-generation Latino immigrant community in the greater Fredericksburg area.  Prior to their move to Arkansas in October 2024, Sue served as LUCHA's bilingual social worker and pastoral care counselor, and Greg was the program director with LUCHA Ministries’ Immigration Legal Services.

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As Area Coordinators, the Smiths continue to oversee and work alongside 13 career Field Personnel and 3 Global Service Corp volunteers in Kentucky, California, Texas, North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, and Haiti whose ministries focus on community development and on  international populations living and working in the United States..

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Sue earned degrees from Ouachita Baptist University (B.A., 1981), Virginia Commonwealth University (M.S.W, 2004), and Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond (M.Div., 2004; D.Min., 2008).  Her field of study is pastoral care with Latino immigrants.  Sue is also a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW).  Sue is also an alumna of the Rotary Peace Fellow program and in 2022, she earned a Certificate in Peace and Development from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Greg holds an undergraduate degree from Ouachita Baptist University (B.A., 1981); graduate degrees from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div., 1984; M.A, 1985), and post-graduate degrees from Asbury Theological Seminary (Th.M., 1994; Ph.D., 2004).  In 2016, Greg became a U. S. Department of Justice accredited representative, and led LUCHA Ministries to become a USDOJ recognized organization, with the aim of counseling and aiding legally-qualified immigrants to apply for immigration benefits.

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From 1987 to 1999, the Smiths were career missionaries in Costa Rica with the Foreign/International Mission Board, SBC, where they lived and served in Limón and San Jose, Costa Rica in theological education, volunteer missions and mission administration.  From 2003-2006, they served as Missionaries among Hispanics with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Virginia.

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The Smiths have two sons, two daughters-in-law, six grandchildren, and two cats.  Born and reared in  Arkansas, Greg and Sue are passionate about all things Razorback and enjoy international travel, camping excursions in their small-but-mighty T@G camper, hiking, and of course spoiling their grandchildren.