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BSK student and NBCA leader to preach in chapel
Join us on Wednesday, October 2, at 10 AM (Eastern Time) as Rev. Shelton Dixon preaches in BSK Chapel. Rev. Dixon's sermon is entitled, "Looking Up When Life Is Trying to Bring You Down" and he will be preaching on Psalm 121:1-2. Rev. Dixon is a Cosby Scholar at BSK...
Students represent BSK at denominational gatherings
As BSK grows and expands, recruitment and partnership efforts have expanded, as well. The Seminary now partners with multiple denominational groups. As each of these groups gather annually for meetings, BSK students serving in churches within these areas are able to...
BSK sponsors Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists annual lecture
On Monday, September 16, in Memorial Church at Harvard, the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists welcomed Rev. Dr. Brandon Crowley for their 2024 Annual Lecture. BSK was a proud sponsor of this event! Dr. Crowley has recently published Queering Black...
BSK Director of Institutional Design to lead Community Prayers
Please join us for BSK Community Prayers at 10 AM (Eastern Time), this Wednesday, September 18 via Zoom. Dr. David Adams, Director of Institutional Design, will be leading. For Zoom information, click here.
Crescent Hill Baptist Church Becomes Louisville Hub for BSK
Crescent Hill Baptist Church (CHBC) first became home to BSK faculty and staff offices in the spring and summer of 2023. Dr. John Inscore Essick, BSK’s Associate Professor of Church History and Director of BSK’s Rural Ministry Program, works and teaches classes from...
Baylor University’s Mandy McMichael to give opening convocation address
Please join us for BSK Convocation Chapel on Wednesday, September 4, at 10:00 am Eastern, via Zoom. We're thrilled to welcome Dr. Mandy McMichael as our Convocation speaker! Dr. McMichael is the Associate Director and J. David Slover Associate Professor of Ministry...
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“God’s Calling in the Life of Ann Hasseltine Judson” Levens teaches Sunday school series at First Presbyterian Church
Dr. Laura Levens, Assistant Professor of Christian Mission at BSK, will be teaching a Sunday morning adult class at First Presbyterian Church during the month of October. The study will be four Sundays: October 3, 17, 24, 31, with a break taken on the Sunday of fall...
Kevin Adams leads BSK Community Prayers
BSK Student Kevin Adams is one of our amazing Cosby Scholars! Kevin also serves as Interim Minister of Congregational Care at Buechel Park Baptist Church, Louisville, KY. Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, September 29, at 10 AM, EST via Zoom for this special time of...
Register now for Louisville’s Festival of Faiths
Louisville's annual Festival of Faiths will be held November 18-20 at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts. BSK will play a major role in this conference that will focus on racism. This event, which is sponsored by the Center for Interfaith Relations, is titled...
Annual monastic retreat to reconvene in 2022
We are glad to report the return of Baptist Seminary of Kentucky’s annual retreat to St. Meinrad Archabbey (in Indiana), January 4-6, 2022. There are prayers each day – early morning, again before breakfast, before lunch, before supper, and before bed. There is a lot...
Inscore Essick leads Community Prayers
Dr. John Inscore Essick, BSK's Associate Professor of Church History and Director of the Rural Ministry Program at BSK, is leading this week's Community Prayers session. If you would like to join the BSK Community for this week’s Prayers session or view the schedule...
Erica Whitaker named associate director of BSK’s Institute for Black Church Studies
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville pastor who has been active in the city’s racial justice efforts has been named associate director of Baptist Seminary of Kentucky’s Institute for Black Church Studies. Erica Whitaker, pastor of Buechel Park Baptist Church since...
BSK student leads Community Prayers
BSK student Renee Edington began her studies at BSK in 2019. As an active participant in BSK Community Prayers and Chapel herself, Renee will now be leading this weeks session. If you would like to join the BSK Community for this week's Prayers session or view the...
BSK alumna overcomes reluctance and finds joy in small-town Baptist pastorate
While a student at BSK, Sabrina Smith experienced an epiphany by a small lake at Montreat Conference Center in North Carolina. Before arriving at Montreat’s Women’s Connection conference in 2017, she had been praying faithfully for direction in her life. Bearing some...
Q & A with Dalen Jackson, BSK’s academic dean
Dalen Jackson has been academic dean and professor of biblical studies at BSK since the seminary opened for classes in 2002. Previously, he held administrative and teaching roles at Truett-McConnell College and Judson College, and he has been a pastor, interim pastor,...
BSK convocation speaker cautions against too much self-assuredness in preaching
Preachers and teachers should approach their tasks “with an appropriate tentativeness” and avoid being “overly confident,” a Duke University Divinity School professor and administrator told Baptist Seminary of Kentucky’s fall convocation. In his Sept. 1 address, David...
Convocation kicks off a new semester of virtual chapel experiences
On Wednesday, September 1 at 10 AM, EST, the BSK Community will gather on Zoom for Convocation to begin the Fall 2021 semester. Following this special gathering, each week BSK will hold Community Prayers on Zoom, with a Chapel service once a month. This tradition...
BSK trustee offers “Pandemic Lessons”
BSK Board of Trustees member, Ron Oliver, has written an opinion piece for Good Fatih Media. Ron serves as System Vice-President, Mission & Outreach for Norton Healthcare in Louisville, Kentucky. Ron writes, "Ironically, I was so spent I didn’t know I needed...
BSK kicks off a new semester with highest enrollment in 15 years
BSK is excited to welcome 52 students to the classroom this semester, with courses kicking off on Monday, August 23. Enrollment has grown steadily over the last 4 years since BSK first partnered with Simmons College of Kentucky. In 2020, BSK was named the official...
Brogdon and Caldwell statement on Critical Race Theory shared on Baptist News Global
Recently, Dr. Lewis Brogdon and Dr. Chris Caldwell made a statement about Critical Race Theory and why it will still be taught at BSK and Simmons College of Kentucky. This statement has been shared by Baptist News Global. Click here to read the article.
Marcus Pernell preaching on “Surpassing Love”
BSK alumnus, Rev. Marcus Pernell, will be preaching at First Baptist Church at the Singing Bridge in Frankfort, KY, this Sunday, July 25. Marcus' sermon title is, "Surpassing Love" and his text is Ephesians 3:14-21. Marcus serves as Associate Pastor of Students at FBC.
We Will Continue to Teach Critical Race Theory
Our schools will continue to discuss ideas such as Critical Race Theory, and we will continue to have difficult conversations about how slavery, Jim Crow (a term coined in Louisville), and the constructed notion of white superiority shaped our history and shape our...
Levens addresses plantation evangelism and its part in Texas Baptist life
"Before and during the Civil War, white Texas Baptist leadership tied their theology of the gospel and plans for evangelism directly to Southern plantation patriarchy and support of the Confederacy. In the 10 years following, known as Reconstruction (1865-1875), Texas...
“Illuminate Your peace, love, and mercy in these times of restlessness” BSK alumni offers prayer for healthcare workers
"If you’re reading this and are continuing to work in healthcare, know that I am with you and am for you. You truly are a fighter. Even when you’re tired and feel helpless, you are a fighter. Always remember that. I hope this prayer brings you some sort of comfort and...
Brogdon speaks addresses issue of national identity in relation to “The Soul of America”
Dr. Lewis Brogdon, Executive Director of the Institute for Black Church Studies at BSK, will be speaking on the topic of "The Fight for the Soul of America" as a part of JustFaith Ministries' "Acting for Justice" webinar. This program will take place on Thursday,...
Dr. Medley invited guest preacher in multiple congregations
BSK faculty, staff, and students are often busy guest preaching in multiple congregations within and outside of Kentucky. Dr. Mark Medley, BSK's Professor of Theology, will be preaching at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Lexington, KY this Sunday, July 4,...