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Kenwood Hall

Kenwood Hall is a church-based training program that provides in-person discipleship and spiritual formation through core classes, Saturday seminars, Table Talks, reading groups, pastoral internship cohorts, and more. Kenwood Hall classes, internships, and residency are open to members of Kenwood Baptist Church.

Anchor Classes

Each Fall and Spring, Kenwood Hall offers core classes, or Anchor Classes, that provide a biblical and theological foundation for ministry. The four core classes are: (Fall 1) Biblical Theology of Genesis, (Fall 2) Baptist Ecclesiology, (Spring 1) Biblical Theology of Romans, and (Spring 2) Reformed Theology. These anchor classes can be taken for accredited transfer credit to Southern Seminary.

Reading Group

Every Fall and Spring term, participants in the Kenwood Hall read a book together for theological and spiritual formation. The institute provides each participant with the book to be read over the term. At the end of each term, we gather in the home to discuss and reflect over a meal together.

Seminars

Kenwood Hall seminars are topically organized and practically focused classes to offer on-the-ground theological discipleship on front-line cultural and ecclesial issues.

Table Talk

During each term, Kenwood Hall gathers for Table Talks for fellowship and rich theological discussion. On the first Wednesday of every month, August–May, meets at Kenwood Baptist Church at 7am for a Table Talk breakfast; and on the third Wednesday of every month we meet on campus at SBTS at 12pm for a Table Talk lunch.

Biblical Languages Reading Group

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Biblical Theology of Genesis ⚓

Instructor: Dr. Jim Hamilton

Join Dr. Hamilton for a 12-week course on the Book of Genesis focused on a biblical-theological and canonical assessment of the first book of the Pentateuch, with an eye toward the creation order and complementarianism, as well as how this foundational book shapes biblical interpretation.

Transfer credit at SBTS is available at no extra charge for those students who take the full syllabus class. See the syllabus for class requirements.

KH_F24 Genesis Syllabus: click here to download

Sundays, 6–7pm, September 1–November 17 at Kenwood Baptist Church

Baptist Ecclesiology ⚓

Instructor: Dr. Colin Smothers

Join Dr. Colin Smothers for this 12-week course on Baptist Ecclesiology with an eye toward its biblical and historical rootedness and theological coherence.

Transfer credit at SBTS is available at no extra charge for those students who take the full syllabus class. See the syllabus for class requirements.

KH_F24 Baptist Ecclesiology Syllabus: click here to download

Sundays, 7–8pm, September 1–November 17 at Kenwood Baptist Church

Sign up* for Fall 2024 Anchor Classes

*Kenwood Baptist Church Members Only

Learn from the best

Kenwood Hall Seminars are designed to equip believers on front-line theological and cultural issues. We don’t shy away from the tough questions, and we don’t think you should either.

Upcoming Kenwood Institute Seminars

Grow Together over Table Fellowship

Taking a page out of Luther’s Wittenberg, we aim to break bread together as we discuss the Bread of Life and his will for the world. Join Colin Smothers, Director of the Kenwood Institute, and the occasional Kenwood elder every first and third Wednesday of each Kenwood Hall term.

Table Talk Breakfast

First Wednesday of every month Kenwood Hall is in session at Kenwood Baptist Church.

Table Talk Lunch

Third Wednesday of every month Kenwood Hall is in session on campus at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

All Hebrew abilities are welcome!

Join us Sunday mornings at 9am in the Gathering Space to translate 5-10 verses of Jeremiah. Schedule forthcoming

Get the book. Read it. Discuss at Term’s end.

The Kenwood Institute will provide a copy to each participant who commits to read it and come ready to discuss at the end of Term.

The Crook in the Lot continues to bring comfort and inspire countless souls, and it remains one of the most beloved of all Puritan classics. Derived from seven sermons which he preached during a period of great pain in his own life, this book contains Boston’s meditations on God’s sovereignty and wisdom.

Sign up for the Thomas Boston, The Crook in the Lot Reading Group

Book provided by the Institute! All who signs up commit to read the book and attend the Spring semester’s end discussion group.

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