LEXINGTON, Ky. — Baptist Seminary of Kentucky, which launched its first year of classes last fall, held an inaugural convocation March 9 at Calvary Baptist Church in Lexington.
Greg Earwood, elected seminary president in 2001, told a crowd of more than 400 people at the convocation that factors driving the creation of the school included “students seeking ministry preparation and churches seeking prepared ministers.”
The seminary, which opened with 14 students, remains “in the infancy stage,” Earwood told the Western Recorder later, “but we have a solid base of support that is growing.” The seminary, housed at Calvary Baptist Church, lists 24 “charter churches” across the state that provide various levels of financial support.
Earwood explained last year that the school was established to help provide “more moderate, progressive opportunities” for seminary education in the region. Calling the school’s first academic year “a solid beginning on which we can build,” Earwood said, “We want to appeal to the center of who Baptists are in this region.”
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