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...

Dr. Wade Rowatt, Senior Professor of Pastoral Care at BSK, recently wrote an opinion piece for the Courier Journal about dealing with anxiety during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Rowatt writes, "New threats may bring new doubts. Doubts can be a hole through which...

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak and event cancellations and organization closures around the country, BSK has decided to postpone BSK Sunday until Fall 2020. Information will be provided about a future date as soon as possible. Contact Abby Sizemore at...

BSK student David Grady recently wrote about how faith plays a part in the recent outbreak of the COVID-19 virus. See David's words below. One of the most often repeated phrases in the Bible is "Do not be afraid" or a variation on the theme. It's worth considering...

Rev. Amber Inscore Essick, adjunct professor at Baptist Seminary of Kentucky, was recently asked to write a weeks worth of devotionals for D365, a year-round online devotional. Rev. Inscore Essick's devotionals are for this week, the week of March 9 - 15, and are...

Registration is now open for the 2020 BSK Banquet, to be held in conjunction with CBF/KY's Spring Gathering. The BSK Banquet will be held at Third Baptist Church in Owensboro, KY on Friday, April 17, 2020 at 5:30 PM, CST. If you would like to learn more about the...

National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc. (NBCA) named the Baptist Seminary of Kentucky (BSK) as their official seminary during the February meeting of their board in Tampa, Florida. BSK is the first seminary with whom NBCA has forged such a...

Dr. Lewis Brogdon, Visiting Professor of Preaching and Black Church Studies at Baptist Seminary of Kentucky, recently wrote an article in Christian Ethics Today. The article is entitled, "The Angela Project at Work: A Case Study in Transformative Pedagogy." In this...

BSK student, Morgan Fritz, preached at Fatih Baptist Church in Georgetown, KY this past Sunday, February 23, 2020. Morgan was invited to preach for Martha Stearns Marshall Sunday, organized by Baptist Women in Ministry to honor women preachers. Morgan has been a...