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Jordan Conley Calls for Community in Op-Ed

BSK M.Div. student, Jordan Conley, has written an opinion piece for Baptist News Global titled, "What if we all learned to breathe in and breathe out together?" In the article, Conley asks questions about how our faith might call us to "breathe" together toward a...

Book Review by Dr. Inscore Essick

Dr. John Inscore Essick, Associate Professor of Church History, often writes for his local paper, Henry County Local. Recently he has written some book reviews. His most recent book review being of Pietro di Donato's "Christ in Concrete." To read the review,...

Book Review by Dr. Inscore Essick

Dr. John Inscore Essick, BSK's Associate Professor of Church History, has written a review of Pete Daniel's, "Dispossesion: Discrimination Against African American Farmers in the Age of Civil Rights" for his local Henry County, KY newspaper. This book focuses on black...

“A Haunting Icon” by Dr. Mark Medley

Dr. Mark Medley, BSK's Professor of Theology, contributes regularly to The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd's blog. His most recent blog post was entitled, "A Haunting Icon" and addresses the recent cover art of the New Yorker, which included art from Kadir...

Juneteenth and Ongoing Action

Juneteenth is a good time to assess BSK’s progress around ongoing actions supporting theological education that is inclusive of and shaped by the black church tradition. At Baptist Seminary of Kentucky, our formal statement of Commitments...

BSK Community Gathering for CBF Virtual General Assembly

CBF Global is offering a slot in their schedule for theological schools to gather their communities during their virtual General Assembly happening next week. Thursday, June 25, 2020 from 12:30-1:30 PM, EST, BSK will gather via Zoom. Join us as BSK President, Dr....

Cassady Featured on “Good Faith Weekly”

Dr. David Cassady, BSK's President, was recently featured on Good Faith Media's podcast, "Good Faith Weekly." Dr. Cassady joined the podcast about halfway through to discuss BSK's approach to racial justice. To listen to the podcast, click here.

Brogdon Featured in “The East Hampton Star”

Dr. Lewis Brogdon, Research Professor of Preaching and Black Church Studies at BSK, had a piece published in "The East Hampton Star," a paper in New York. His piece, entitled, "Righteous Anger," says, Passion is good, but it must be channeled. Righteous anger should...

BSK Accreditation Reaffirmed for 10 Years by ATS

After completing a self-study process and site visit, the Baptist Seminary of Kentucky (BSK) was reaccredited for 10 years by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS). This is the maximum length of time allowed by ATS. BSK received initial accreditation for 5...

“Deeply Troubled” by Dr. Mark Medley

Dr. Mark Medley, BSK's Professor of Theology, serves as Theologian-in-Residence at The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Lexington, KY. As a part of his role, Dr. Medley often contributes to Good Shepherd's blog. In his most recent post, entitled, "Deeply...

Special BSK Flourish Workshop Series: America in Crisis

What is going on right now? Where do we go from here? The United States is in a moment of chaos. Communities are divided along racial lines, and there is disagreement and division everywhere. Protests against racially targeted arrests and killings, biased and brutal...

Letter from the BSK President

The “Good News” of the gospel is sorely needed in our time. We must act on the good news that all persons are valuable, treasured creations of God. Black lives have not been treated as valuable, and the church has for too long been silent, or worse, complicit, in...

BSK holds inaugural “Community Prayers” session via Zoom

The Baptist Seminary of Kentucky will be hosting Community Prayers each Wednesday morning at 10 AM via Zoom throughout the summer. Please join us for these prayer sessions as you are able. You can sing up to receive the Zoom link here. Future prayer sessions will be...

Brogdon Featured on “Great Bible Teachers”

Dr. Lewis Brogdon, Visiting Professor of Preaching and Black Church Studies at BSK, was featured by Rick Jordan, creator of Great Bible Teachers, on his blog. The post, entitled, "Why Aren't We Uncomfortable with Jesus?" encourages the reader to think about why Jesus...

“A Pandemic Psalm” by BSK Board Member Larry Gray

BSK board of trustees member, Larry Gray, recently wrote "A Pandemic Psalm" as a part of his Sunday School class at Highland Baptist Church in Louisville, KY. This Psalm includes a lot of Old Testament imagery and relates to our time in pandemic today. In addition to...

Holy Land Zoom Backgrounds

  Holy Land Zoom Backgrounds Educational Background Images Download these backgrounds of images from the Holy Land to use with Zoom. Descriptions are provided beside each image, so you can explain your chosen background image if others ask about it. It's educational!...

COVID-19 Congregational Response Surveys Available

BSK's Flourish Center has two surveys available to gather research as to how congregations are responding during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first survey gathers general information, and the second is more specific to pastoral care. We are so appreciative of those that...

40 Participate in BSK’s Inaugural Flourish Workshop

Thursday night, April 23, was the first session of the Pastoral Care and COVID-19 workshop through BSK's Flourish Center. There were 40 attendees and it was a wonderfully diverse group -- including ministers, chaplains, first responders, missionaries working with...

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