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BSK student, a chemistry professor at Georgetown College, regularly guest preaches in Kentucky congregations
BSK students are known for taking the "non-traditional route" to theological education, and Dr. Innocent Demshemino is no exception. Innocent found BSK through the Seminary's partnership with Georgetown College where he is Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry....
Dr. Anthony Everett visits Ghana
Baptist Seminary of Kentucky Siloam Project Director, Reverend Dr. Anthony Everett, and Reverend Dr. Kymberley Clemons-Jones of the Restored Life Group and the Community Healing and Caring Center (Valley Springs, NY and Hartford, CT) led an entourage of seventeen...
Rev. Laura Edgar leading Community Prayers
Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, October 18, as Rev. Laura Edgar leads our Community Prayers session at 10 AM (eastern time). Rev. Edgar is Associate Pastor for Youth, College, and Young Adults at First Baptist Church in Auburn, AL. Rev. Edgar also serves as Chapel...
Whitaker lecturing on “White Jesus Seen in the Black Church” at Wayland Baptist Theological Seminary
This Tuesday, October 17, Rev. Erica Whitaker will be lecturing on White Jesus Seen in the Black Church at Wayland Baptist Theological Seminary. In this lecture, Whitaker explores the history of why images and icons of white Jesus are seen in black churches. She gives...
Sign up today for BSK’s annual monastic retreat
Each year, the BSK Community heads to St. Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana for a monastic retreat. This year's retreat will happen January 9-11, 2024. This retreat includes organized prayers, mass and meals with the monks at St. Meinrad along with ample time for solitude...
October Chapel service highlights BSK’s partnership with CBF Florida and the Caribbean Islands
Join us this Wednesday, October 11, at 10 AM, Eastern Time, for Chapel. Rev. Tammy Snyder, Coordinator, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Florida and the Caribbean Islands will be our preacher! Rev. Snyder's sermon, entitled, "The Gift of Gentleness" will use...
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Admissions Now Open for BSK’s Rural Ministry Program
In the Fall of 2019, BSK will launch the Rural Ministry Program. Rural places have long been religious places. Advanced theological and ministry training, however, has too often failed to help ministers imagine smaller, rural congregations as suitable and sustainable...
Cassady Preaching at Eminence Baptist Church
This Sunday, January 13, 2019, Dr. David Cassady, BSK's President, will be preaching and bringing greetings from BSK at Eminence Baptist Church in Eminence, KY. During their interim period, Eminence is exploring multiple focus points. Dr. Cassady is preaching as the...
Cassady at Crescent Hill Baptist Church’s Men’s Prayer Breakfast
This Saturday, January 19, 2019, Dr. David Cassady, BSK's President, will join the Men's Prayer Breakfast at Crescent Hill Baptist Church in Louisville, KY. Crescent Hill is a wonderful friend to BSK and we are thankful for the work they do in community of Louisville...
Dartanya Hill and Wade Rowatt to Co-Teach Course
In the Spring 2019 semester, Dr. Dartanya Hill and Dr. Wade Rowatt will co-teach a course entitled, Pastoral Care with Small Groups: Dynamics and Techniques. This course will focus on the pastoral care and counseling needs of a congregation from a small groups...
Christmas Shopping? BSK Apparel for Sale!
If you're looking for Christmas gifts for the Baptist Seminary of Kentucky student, faculty, or staff member in your life, or if you yourself are a BSK supporter, consider BSK apparel! Did you know we have a BSK online store? There are men's and women's shirts,...
New Online Library Catalog at Simmons College
The Simmons College Library has a new online catalog! As a part of a major upgrade in their library system, they have launched a new web interface for their growing collection serving the entire Simmons community as well as the BSK Louisville site. Check out the link...
Cassady to Speak at Georgetown College December Baccalaureate
Baptist Seminary of Kentucky's President, Dr. David Cassady, will speak at Georgetown College's December Baccalaureate chapel service on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 11:00 AM. This Baccalaureate service will honor December graduates from Georgetown College. BSK hosts...
Poem by Rev. Amber Inscore Essick
Reverend Amber Inscore Essick recently wrote a poem entitled, "The Words" for Young Clergy Women International. Rev. Inscore Essick and her husband, John, co-pastor Port Royal Baptist Church together. Additionally, Rev. Inscore Essick is an adjunct faculty member at...
Service of Lessons and Carols
On Monday, December 3, 2018, the Baptist Seminary of Kentucky will hold a Service of Lessons and Carols to mark the beginning of Advent. Please join us at 4:30 PM in the Georgetown Baptist Church Sanctuary. After the service, we will gather for a meal in the...
BSK by the Numbers
As we approach the end of the year, we have spent some time looking back at 2017-2018 and appreciating the progress that has been made at Baptist Seminary of Kentucky. Please see the images below to see a visual representation of these milestones. We look...
BSK Thanks Georgetown College
Throughout the month of November, Baptist Seminary of Kentucky will be expressing thankfulness for our many ministry partners. Today, during this third week of November, BSK would like to thank Georgetown College. Georgetown College is one of two of BSK's "homes."...
January Term Course and Retreat Open to BSK Community
In January, Baptist Seminary of Kentucky will offer an intensive J-Term class entitled, Monasticism Old and New. Taught by Drs. Medley and and Inscore Essick, this course will have an accompanying two-night retreat at St. Meinrad Archabbey in Spencer County, Indiana....
New Center for Congregational Imagination Launched at Baptist Seminary of Kentucky
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 14, 2018 GEORGETOWN, KY — Flourish: Center for Congregational Imagination launches today with a website, podcast and blog (flourish.bsk.edu). This new center at Baptist Seminary of Kentucky (BSK) focuses on helping churches and ministry...
BSK Thanks Simmons College of Kentucky
Throughout the month of November, Baptist Seminary of Kentucky will be expressing thankfulness for our many ministry partners. Today, during this second week of November, BSK would like to thank Simmons College of Kentucky. Simmons College of Kentucky is one of two of...
BSK Thanks Georgetown Baptist Church
Throughout the month of November, Baptist Seminary of Kentucky will be expressing thankfulness for our many ministry partners. Today, in this first week of November, we are highlighting Georgetown Baptist Church. Georgetown Baptist Church hosts BSK for our regular...
BSK Trustee Speaks Out on Kroger Tragedy
Rev. Ron Oliver, a Baptist Seminary of Kentucky Trustee, recently spoke out on the hate crime that happened in Jeffersontown, KY last week when a gunman opened fire in a local Kroger. Oliver said, "That was disturbing to me and to others that it feels like the next...
Dr. Glenn Hinson Honored at Oates Institute Awards Banquet
On October 18, 2018, the Oates Institute honored Dr. Glenn Hinson at their annual Awards Gathering. Dr. Hinson served as Senior Professor of Church History and Spirituality at Baptist Seminary of Kentucky for many years. BSK was honored to be a sponsor of this event...
Bill Holmes to Participate in KY Book Fair
Dr. Bill Holmes will be one of the featured authors at the Kentucky Book Fair on Saturday, November 17th at the Kentucky Horse Park's Alltech Arena. Dr. Holmes recently wrote Thoughts from the Bedside, From Medicine to Chaplaincy and Beyond. Dr. Holmes will be...
BSK Alumni Start Theology Reading Group
Several Baptist Seminary of Kentucky alumni have started a theology reading group with Dr. Mark Medley, BSK's Professor of Theology. The idea for this group came from Dr. Medley and Rev. Brittany Stillwell, BSK class of 2013. In describing the inspiration for this...
BSK Participates in #GivingTuesday
Since it began in 2012, #GivingTuesday has become a global movement. Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving and the widely recognized shopping events of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their...