Congratulations to BSK student Jordan Conley, who was ordained to the ministry on Sunday, December 5 at Crescent Hill Baptist Church in Louisville. Three of Jordan’s professors, John Inscore Essick, Laura Rodgers Levens and Mark Medley, had roles in the service. Other...

Dr. Mark Medley, BSK's Professor of Theology, preached at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Lexington, KY this past Sunday, December 12. BSK has several connections to the Episcopal church at large through Dr. Medley and others. To listen to Dr. Medley's sermon, click...

BSK alumnus, Todd Weber, has recently accepted a position as a Chaplain Resident at University of Louisville Hospital. Todd graduated from BSK in May 2021. Through this residency, Todd will be engaged in pastoral care of patients, their loved ones, and staff. He will...

Join us this Wednesday, December 8, at 10 AM, EST as Rev. Chris Liles leads Community Prayers via Zoom. This will be the last Community Prayers session for the semester before Chapel and Community Prayers resume in January. Rev. Liles is a 2015 graduate of BSK and...

BSK’s Matching Gift Challenge is a wonderful opportunity to help BSK continue to grow its mission and expand its reach. A generous donor has agreed to match all gifts to BSK between now and December 31, up to $20,000. That means your gift of $50 will provide BSK $100...

"As he consults with Black congregations, Black church scholar Lewis Brogdon often advises them to prioritize adding a mental health professional to their staffs. That’s because Brogdon, director of the Institute for Black Church Studies at Baptist Seminary of...

Join us for our annual "Lessons and Carols" service this Wednesday, December 1 at 10 AM, EST on Zoom. As we begin the season of Advent, “Lessons & Carols,” a liturgy of prayer, scripture readings, and carols, will be led by many members of the BSK Community from...

BSK was a sponsor of Louisville's Festival of Faiths last week, along with Simmons College of Kentucky. Dr. Kevin Cosby, President of Simmons College of Kentucky, led in a session about how the wealth gap is what leads to racial marginalization. BSK's Pat Cole wrote...

Mitch Randall and Autumn Lockett with Good Faith Media interview Dr. Lewis Brogdon and Sarah Riggs Reed regarding the significance of the 2021 Festival of Faiths. This year's focus is: “Sacred Change: Essential Conversations on Faith and Race.” Listen to the episode...

Listen to NPR station WFPL interview Dr. Lewis Brogdon regarding the upcoming Festival of Faiths (Nov 18-20, 2021), with the theme, "Sacred Change: Essential Conversations on Faith and Race.” (Festival of Faiths). “We’re really in a period of reckoning,” commented Dr....

Dr. David Cassady is traveling to Virginia for BSK's first in-person visit to the state since BSK was chosen as partners of CBF VA. Dr. Cassady's trip will include visits to several CBF VA churches including River Road Church and Glen Allen Baptist Church. CBF VA...

Baptist Seminary of Kentucky has received its first gift from the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Virginia’s Theological Education Fund.   The $20,000 gift will be used to provide scholarships for Virginia students and strengthen BSK’s outreach in the...

Rev. Justin Sizemore, Minister to Families with Youth at Calvary Baptist Church in Lexington, KY, will be leading Community Prayers this Wednesday, November 10 at 10 AM on Zoom. Calvary Baptist Church is a great partner to BSK and is actually where the Seminary began!...

Dr. Mikael Broadway, Professor of Theology and Ethics at Shaw University Divinity School, will be preaching in Chapel tomorrow, Wednesday, November 3 at 10 AM. Chapel is held monthly on Zoom with Community Prayers being help each week in between. For more information...

"My prolonged CPE training (16 units; 1987-1995…clearly I was on the long trail) had a very particular focus to what I will broadly call research. The overwhelming focus of that journey was the understanding and integration of self which in turn guided the care I...

Baptist Seminary of Kentucky student Jordan Conley has been called as interim minister to students and young adults at Crescent Hill Baptist Church in Louisville, effective Oct. 31.   Jordan, a native of Knott County in Eastern Kentucky, now lives in Louisville...

Louisville's Festival of Faiths, scheduled for November 18-20, will feature a session led by BSK's Dr. Lewis Brogdon. This session is entitled, "Black Faith’s Encounter with Black Trauma, Pain and Nihilism" and will take place on Friday morning, November 19, at 10 AM....

BSK's "Trauma, Theology, and Pastoral Practice" class will be leading our weekly Community Prayers session that is held each Wednesday at 10 AM, EST via Zoom. This class is comprised of students as well as many alumni who audit the class. The class is co-taught by...

This Sunday, October 24, BSK president, David Cassady, will be preaching at Buechel Park Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. His sermon, entitled, "When it feels like there’s not enough" will be based on Exodus 16:1-4 and 13-18 and John 6:1-14. Dr. Cassady served...

Dr. Steve Ivy, BSK's Professor of the Practice of Pastoral Care, will lead Community Prayers via Zoom on Wednesday at 10 AM, EST. BSK's Community Prayers are held each Wednesday morning at 10 AM, with a chapel service once a month also on Zoom. If you would like to...