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Rev. Amanda Smith called as Co-Pastor of FBC on St. Clair
Congratulations to BSK alumna, Rev. Amanda Smith, who has been called as Co-Pastor of First Baptist Church on St. Clair in Frankfort, KY! The church shared this news on February 16, 2025, stating: "In 2024, First Baptist Church on St. Clair voted to reimagine its...
BSK Cosby Scholar to lead Community Prayers
Join us for BSK Community Prayers on Wednesday, February 19 at 10 AM Eastern Time on Zoom. We're excited to have BSK student Rev. Anthony Stevenson leading us! Click here for Zoom information!
BSK trustee works to make a difference amid church building insurance crisis
Rev. Ross Johnson, a member of BSK's board of trustees, was recently featured in a news article on nola.com. The article takes an inside look into how hurricane Ida impacted the church that Rev. Johnson pastors. After Hurricane Ida destroyed parts of Tulane Memorial...
Chapel will welcome Rev. Dr. Lynn Brinkley of CBF’s Pan African Koinonia
Join us on Wednesday, February 5, at 10 AM, Eastern Time, for our first Chapel of the semester! We are excited to welcome Rev. Dr. C. Lynn Brinkley as our preacher. Rev. Dr. Brinkley is PAK (Pan African Koinonia) Field Ministry Coordinator for the Cooperative Baptist...
Honoring the life of Dr. Glenn Hinson
BSK mourns the loss of Dr. E. Glenn Hinson, who passed away on Thursday, January 30, 2025. Dr. Hinson served as Senior Professor of Church History and Spirituality at BSK from its inception and for many years following. Since 2009, BSK holds an annual lecture series...
Join us for first Community Prayers of 2025
Join us on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 10 AM, (Eastern Time) via Zoom for our first Community Prayers session of 2025! Dr. Mark Medley, BSK's Academic Dean, will lead us. All are welcome! For Zoom information, click here.
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“Lessons and Carols” concludes Chapel and Community Prayers until new year
To conclude this semester's Chapel and Community Prayers schedule, the BSK Community will come together this Wednesday, December 7, for "Lessons and Carols," the final Chapel gathering of 2022. Chapel and Community Prayers will start back up in January of 2023....
BSK Student Jessica Campbell to lead Community Prayers
Jessica Campbell, a Cosby Scholar at BSK, will be leading Community Prayers virtually on Wednesday, November 30 at 10 AM, EST via Zoom. Join us from wherever you are! Zoom information can be found here.
You’re invited! Join us for an open house at our new space at Central Baptist Church
Please join us in our new space at Central Baptist Church for a Christmas open house on Saturday, December 3 from 2-4 PM!
Community Prayers to focus on prayers for and of thanksgiving
Join us virtually tomorrow, Wednesday, November 16, at 10 AM, EST for Community Prayers. Dr. Mark Medley and Dr. John Inscore Essick will lead us in prayers for and of Thanksgiving a head of the holiday. Click here to access the Community Prayers and Chapel schedule...
Cassady will explore how a posture of faith allows us to live into the hope God has for the church
This Sunday, November 13, Dr. David Cassady, President of BSK, will preach at Georgetown Baptist Church. Cassady's sermon will be entitled Fear and Faith and his text is Luke 8:22-25. Cassady says of his sermon, "As we consider the story of Jesus calming the sea, we...
A prayer before Election Day
Dr. John Inscore Essick, Associate Professor of Church History at BSK, has offered a prayer ahead of Election Day. Read these important words below. Lord God, as another election day approaches, we are doing our best to understand better how the Gospel compels...
Kevin Cosby challenges Cosby Scholars to use their education “to act in the interest of the oppressed”
During May 2019 commencement at Simmons College of Kentucky, the Baptist Seminary of Kentucky (BSK) announced a new scholarship for American Descendants of Slavery (ADOS). The scholarship, named the “Kevin and Barnetta Seminary Scholarship for ADOS,” provides 10...
BSK student records a song for All Saints Day
BSK student, Leigh Anne Armstrong, set "For All the Saints," a hymn written by William W. How, to a different tune and recorded it for All Saints Day! Take a listen and read the lyrics below. 1 For all the saints who from their labors rest, who thee by faith...
Noted scholar of New Testament and Greek will preach in BSK’s virtual chapel experience
We are glad to welcome the Rev. Dr. Angela N. Parker, Assistant Professor of New Testament and Greek (McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University, Atlanta, GA), who will be preaching in Chapel on Wednesday, November 2 at 10 AM, EST, via Zoom. Dr. Parker is the...
Levens to weigh in on what it means to be Baptist at Georgetown College event
Dr. Laura Levens, Associate Professor of Christian Mission at BSK, is participating in an event at Georgetown College hosted by the Religion department happening this Thursday, October 27 at 3:30 PM. This event, open to students, faculty, staff and the community will...
Michael Faggett to lead BSK Community Prayers
Each week, the BSK Community meets for a short, virtual prayers session. Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 26, BSK student, Michael Faggett, will be leading Community Prayers. Michael has been a Cosby Scholar at BSK since the Fall of 2021. Please join us for this mid-week...
Erica Whitaker receives honorary doctorate from Wayland Baptist Theological Seminary
On Tuesday, October 19, 2022, at the Academic Convocation at Wayland Baptist Theological Seminary, Erica Whitaker, Associate Director of BSK's Institute for Black Church Studies, received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, jure dignitatis, for her extraordinary...
BSK alumna ordained as chaplain
Students who graduate from BSK utilize their degrees in a multitude of ways. Wether it be working in a church, at a non-profit or as a chaplain, the Master of Divinity Program at BSK prepares students for a variety of forms of ministry. Recently, BSK alumna Janine...
BSK student Devan Franklin to lead Community Prayers
Each week, the BSK Community meets for a short, virtual prayers session. Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 19, BSK student, Devan Franklin, will be leading Community Prayers. Devan is the pastor of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Tennessee and has been a Cosby Scholar...
Central Baptist Church highlights BSK partnership
This Sunday, October 16, Dr. David Cassady, President of BSK, will be preaching at Central Baptist Church in Lexington, KY. In June of this year, BSK made the move to re-locate offices to Lexington and are now sharing space with Central Baptist. If you are in the...
Jordan Conley installed as co-pastor of Crescent Hill Baptist Church
Jordan Conley was installed as co-pastor of Crescent Hill Baptist Church on Sunday, October 9. David Cassady, BSK President, and Laura Levens, Associate Professor of Christian Mission at BSK, led in the service. Many of the BSK Community were also in attendance at the...
Join us virtually for Chapel as Dr. Laura Levens preaches
BSK's monthly Chapel service will be held tomorrow, Wednesday, October 12 at 10 AM, EST as Dr. Laura Levens, Associate Professor of Christian Mission at BSK, preaches. Dr. Levens has been on faculty at BSK since 2014. To access Zoom information for this service or to...
John Inscore Essick leads BSK Community Prayers
Join us this Wednesday, September 28, at 10 AM, EST for Community Prayers. The BSK Community gathers for prayers once a week on Wednesday mornings via Zoom. Once a month is Chapel. To access the Community Prayers and Chapel schedule as well as the Zoom information for...
Erica Whitaker leads BSK Community Prayers
Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, September 21, at 10 AM, EST via Zoom as the BSK Community gathers for our weekly Community Prayers session. Rev. Erica Whitaker, Associate Director of BSK's Institute for Black Church Studies will be leading. Click here to access the rest...
BSK a premier partner at NBCA Annual Session
The National Baptist Convention of America, Intl., Inc. (NBCA) recently held their annual session at St. Stephen Baptist Church and Simmons College of Kentucky in Louisville, KY. BSK was a premier partner at this event, and many BSK faculty and staff were in...