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BSK awarded 2024 McCall Racial Trailblazer Award
BSK was honored with the 2024 McCall Racial Trailblazer award, granted by CBF's Pan African Koinonia. This award, named after Rev. Dr. Emmanuel McCall, "recognizes CBF individuals and ministries who charter through unequal and unjust areas of life and initiatives...
Remembering June Honeycutt
The BSK Community is thankful for the life and work of June Honeycutt, who passed away on June 8, 2024. Alongside her husband, Dr. Roy Honeycutt, June was an advocate for theological education. June was known for her hospitality on the campus of Southern Seminary...
Connect with BSK at CBF General Assembly
The BSK Community will be leading in and participating in many events throughout the duration of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) General Assembly, happening June 19-21 in Greensboro, NC. If you will be in attendance at General Assembly, please connect with us...
BSK graduate hired as camp manager of American Baptist’s Blackhawk Camp
Recent BSK graduate, Cassie Buhlig, was recently hired as Camp Manager for Blackhawk Camp, a youth summer camp associated with the ABC, USA. Congratulations, Cassie! To learn more about Cassie's new role, click here.
Baptist Seminary of Kentucky Becomes BSK Theological Seminary
Enshrining its commonly used acronym in its formal identity, Baptist Seminary of Kentucky will be known officially as BSK Theological Seminary effective May 15, 2024. BSK trustees approved the change earlier this year, a move that came after two years of discussions...
Crescent Hill Baptist Church celebrates BSK Sunday
Crescent Hill Baptist Church in Louisville, KY, a long-time partner of BSK, will celebrate "BSK Sunday" this Sunday, May 5 at 10:45 AM (Eastern Time). Not only is CHBC a long-time partner of BSK, but the church is also host to 2 BSK faculty and staff offices as well...
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Levens responds to Southern Baptist issues
Laura Levens was interviewed by Rev. Dr. Brian Kaylor, president and editor-in-chief of Word & Way. On this episode of the podcast, “Dangerous Dogma," entitled, "Laura Levens on Issues Roiling Southern Baptists" Brian asks Dr. Levens what it’s like to embody a...
Brogdon offers extended thoughts on “The Fight for the Soul of America”
"Some may retort, “When did America ever have a soul?” This is a reasonable question given our troubling history of slavery and genocide. Today seems like the inevitable result of a path taken years ago, but if we go back to the text in Mark, the question ,“Did...
Brogdon is keying off Biden’s “soul of America” language
Dr. Lewis Brogdon, Director of the Institute for Black Church Studies and research professor of preaching and black church studies at BSK, has written an article for Louisville's Courier-Journal entitled, "Is America in danger of losing its soul? The conversation...
BSK alumna co-creator of worship resources to help churches address the trauma of COVID-19
BSK alumna, Brittany Stillwell, Minister with Students and Families at Second Baptist Church in Little Rock, AR, has created a resource for churches with Carol McEntyre, Senior Pastor at First Baptist Church in Columbia, MO. This worship resource has been created to...
“Exploring Ministry” Certificates ideal for lay leaders
Interested in theological education to support your role as a lay leader in your church? Are you a part-time or bi-vocational minister? BSK is now offering “Exploring Ministry” Certificates, Levels 1 and 2! These two certificates provide excellent foundational...
BSK honors graduates with virtual Graduate’s Chapel and in-person commencement ceremony
2021 was a special year to honor our BSK graduates for many reasons. It is always a meaningful time each spring as we bless our graduates and send them out after the years they have spent working hard to earn their degrees. However, this year was even more special, as...
Recent articles by Cassady and Levens picked up by Washington Post and USA Today
Last week, BSK's Assistant Professor of Christian Mission, Dr. Laura Levens, and BSK President, Dr. David Cassady, co-wrote an article entitled, "Should women be pastors? It's a test Southern Baptists face, and Al Mohler is failing" for Louisville, KY's...
“The debate over women pastors is a Southern Baptist smoke screen,” Levens writes for Religion News Service
Dr. Laura R. Levens, Assistant Professor of Christian Mission at BSK, recently wrote an article for Religion News Service entitled, "The debate over women pastors is a Southern Baptist smoke screen." Levens writes, "Supporting women’s ordination in theory absolves no...
Levens and Cassady write for Louisville’s Courier-Journal
BSK's Dr. Laura R. Levens and Dr. David Cassady wrote a response to Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Al Mohler's rebuke of Saddleback Church in California's ordination of three women. They write, "God has and does call women to preach, to pastor, to...
BSK grad serving as Pastoral Intern at Crescent Hill Baptist Church
BSK alumnus, Todd Weber, has an exciting opportunity coming up. Todd graduated from BSK last weekend on May 8, 2021. Todd will now serve as Pastoral Intern at Crescent Hill Baptist Church in Louisville, KY. "I am so excited and grateful to be working with the...
BSK alumna serves as Director of Programs at The Food Literacy Project in Louisville, KY
Alix Davidson, a BSK alumna living in Louisville, has been Director of Programs at The Food Literacy Project since 2019. The Food Literacy Project engages young people in south, west, and central Louisville in experiential learning opportunities to connect with the...
“Why Laughter Will Fill the Church’s Future,” Cassady writes for Good Faith Media
BSK President, Dr. David Cassady, has written an article for Good Faith Media entitled, "Why Laughter Will Fill the Church's Future." David writes, "For some reason, people Jesus touched tended to look in the mirror and decide to do better in spite of their flaws and...
Share your opinions about the state of faith in the United States
Baptist Seminary of Kentucky wants to know what clergy and other Christian leaders think about the state of faith in the United States today and what they think it will be in 20 years. BSK is conducting an online survey to collect these observations and impressions. ...
Cassady preaching at FBC Corbin
This Sunday, May 9, BSK President Dr. David Cassady, will be preaching at First Baptist Church of Corbin, KY. FBC Corbin is a great partner church to BSK! Dr. Cassady will be preaching from John 15:9-17 and his sermon title is, "Love, Jesus Style." FBC Corbin is...
Renee Edington hired as Social Media Campaign Strategist, Immigration Advocacy
BSK student Renee Edington has an exciting opportunity lined up for the summer. As a part of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's Student.Go program, Renee has been hired for a remote position based in Fredericksburg, VA as Social Media Campaign Strategist,...
Graduates Chapel completes academic year of weekly Community Prayer sessions
As the 2020-2021 academic year comes to a close, the time has come to celebrate our graduates. This Saturday, May 8, BSK will hold our annual commencement ceremony. More details about that service can be found here. This Wednesday, May 5, we will celebrate our...
Dr. Rick Landon to be honored at Commencement
Next Saturday, May 8, 2021, at 2 PM, EST, BSK will hold it's annual Commencement ceremony at Calvary Baptist Church in Lexington, KY. Each Commencement ceremony is special, however this year's ceremony is especially important as we not only honor our graduates, but...
Helping Congregations Practice Creation Care
BSK Board of Trustee Dr. Don Colliver (and also father of BSK alumnus Rev. Jeremy Colliver) was interviewed about ways congregations can practice creation care and combat climate change. Colliver serves as the director and professor of Graduate Studies and Controlled...
Rev. Zach Bay leading Community Prayers
BSK's Community Prayers are held each week on Wednesday mornings at 10 AM, EST, via Zoom. This week, Rev. Zach Bay, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church in Middlesboro, KY, will be leading Prayers. Zach and FBC as a whole are great partners to BSK. If you are...
Marcus Pernell to preach at FBC at the Singing Bridge
BSK alumnus, Marcus Pernell, will be preaching at First Baptist Church at the Singing Bridge in Frankfort, KY, this Sunday, April 18! Marcus serves as Associate Pastor of Students at FBC. His sermon title is, “Children of God” and his text is 1 John 3:1-7. Click...