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...

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 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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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!...

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...

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...

Dr. Wade Rowatt, BSK's Senior Professor of Pastoral Care, recently wrote an article for Ethics Daily entitled, "Quelling Your Noisy Heart During the Coronavirus Storm." Dr. Rowatt, along with Dr. Dartanya Hill, will be leading a 6-week workshop on Pastoral Care and...

BSK alumnus, Rev. Jeremy Shoulta, has recently accepted the call to be the next Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Gainesville, GA. This call came at a unique time for the church and for our world as a whole during the COVID-19 pandemic. After being introduced...

BSK student, Hannah Moody, recently wrote a prayer in her Worship Class for medical staff and hospital workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. BSK classes have continued to meet over Zoom during this time, and our students have been asked to spend time ministering,...

BSK student, Arthur O'Bannon, wrote the following piece as a part of his Pastoral Care and Counseling class at BSK. In this piece, Arthur responds to the COVID-19 outbreak. Read Arthur's piece below: I am writing this letter after being inspired by our Pastoral...