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...

Annually, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary hosts a Black Church Studies Consultation. This year's consultation will be held on February 19-21 at LPTS. Dr. Laura Levens, Assistant Professor of Christian Mission, and Dr. John Inscore Essick, Associate...

Ryan Shrauner, BSK's Librarian, is guest preaching at First Presbyterian Church of Georgetown, KY this Sunday, February 2, 2020. Ryan has been on staff at BSK since 2014. Ryan's text for his sermon is Matthew 5:1-12. If you are in the Georgetown area, join Ryan in...

For the last three years, the Baptist Seminary of Kentucky community has celebrated BSK Sunday. On BSK Sunday, churches around Kentucky, and even in other states, celebrate BSK in their Sunday morning services and programs. Last year, over thirty churches had BSK...

Beginning with the Fall 2020 semester, BSK will begin offering online (live video) courses, a streamlined M.Div degree, and providing a collection of shorter, focused certificates. At the start of 2020, BSK faculty and staff met to revision our curriculum and make...

BSK Trustee Bill Holmes recently wrote an opinion piece in the Louisville Courier-Journal about experiences that make him aware of the work still to be done to continue the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Holmes writes, “We have fooled ourselves into...

Dr. Lewis Brogdon, Visiting Professor of Preaching and Black Church Studies at Baptist Seminary of Kentucky, was featured in an article of the Courier Journal, highlighting Kentuckians who are working to spread the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Brogdon was...

This Sunday, two from the BSK Community will be guest preachers in pulpits in Central KY! Jordan Conley, a student at BSK, will be the guest preacher at Okolona Baptist Church in Louisville, KY. Jordan is a regular member of Crescent Hill Baptist Church in Louisville,...

Dr. Lewis Brogdon, Visiting Professor of Preaching and Black Church Studies at BSK, will be teaching and leading a special series on reparations at Highland Baptist Church on December 4, 2019 and January 22, 2020 at 6 PM. Highland Baptist Church has an Anti-Racism...

This week, the National Baptist Convention of America hosted their annual LEAD Conference at St. Stephen Church in Louisville, KY. This event was held to equip, empower, and develop leaders within NBCA churches. BSK was excited and honored to be a Platinum Sponsor of...

Rev. Ben Burton, BSK class of 2018, has been endorsed by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship for Chaplaincy. Ben is the Senior Chaplain Resident with Norton Healthcare, currently serving as the Palliative Care Chaplain at Norton Audubon Hospital. Ben says, "I count it...

BSK student Scarlette Jasper is out on the road very often serving in her role as Field Personnel with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's Together for Hope program. Scarlette also often does presentations around the area about the work she does. This week, Scarlette...

Rev. Bobby Tackett-Evans, BSK class of 2017, has recently moved to Casey County, KY as his wife, Ashley, a Pastor with the United Methodist Church, was reassigned to a new church in the area. Bobby, an ordained Baptist minister, has also recently been hired to Pastor...

Dr. Lewis Brogdon, Visiting Professor of Preaching and Black Church Studies at BSK, had an article published in Black Politics Today entitled, "Where's the Black Boy Magic?" In this article, Dr. Brogdon answers the following questions, "1) Where are the black men in...

This past July, Rev. Amber Inscore Essick, BSK's Adjunct Professor of Christian Worship, attended Young Clergy Women International's annual conference held in Atlanta, GA. Rev. Inscore Essick wrote a poem about the opening worship service of this conference that was...

This summer, Joanna Lile, an adjunct faculty member at BSK, who is also an event photographer for the Seminary, traveled to Henry County, Kentucky to photograph "rural spaces." These photos will be used to promote BSK's Rural Ministry Program. Joanna is a talented...

In addition to his primary vocation of Professor of Theology at Baptist Seminary of Kentucky, Dr. Mark Medley has recently begun serving as theologian-in-residence at The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Lexington, KY. Beginning on September 8 and continuing...