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.
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.
Spring 2024 Schedule
Spring 2024 ⚓ Anchor Classes
Biblical Theology of Romans ⚓
Instructors: Dr. Jim Hamilton, Dr. Colin Smothers, & Tom Sculthorpe
Join Dr. Hamilton, Dr. Smothers, and Tom Sculthorpe for this 12-week course on the Book of Romans focused on a biblical-theological and canonical assessment of the heart of the Bible’s message, the Good News of Jesus Christ, “the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith.”
Click to see the class syllabus.
Wednesdays, 5:30–6:20pm, January 31–April 24 at Kenwood Baptist Church
Reformed Theology ⚓
Instructor: Dr. Kyle Claunch
Join Dr. Kyle Claunch for this 12-week course on Reformed Theology, walking through the major theological loci and their biblical and historical foundations in the Reformed and Baptist traditions, including Trinitarian orthodoxy, Reformed soteriology, and New Covenant theology.
Click to see the class syllabus.
Fridays, 8:00–8:50am, February 2–April 26 at Kenwood Baptist Church
Sign up* for Spring 2024 Anchor Classes
*Kenwood Baptist Church Members Only
Spring 2024 Seminars
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.
Table Talk
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.
Book Group
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.
St. Irenaeus was, undisputedly, the most important theologian of the second century who laid a firmer foundation for all future Christian thinkers. Both in his work, Against the Heresies and in this present study, Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching, St. Irenaeus explains that there is but one God, made known to the human race by his one Son, Jesus Christ, through the one Holy Spirit, and this one God brings his creatures made from dust into intimate communion with himself. Writing in an age not unlike our own, among a plethora of religions and diverse gods, he exhorts his readers to hold fast to Scripture, which recounts the deeds that bring them into the covenant established by God.
Sign up for the Irenaeus On the Apostolic Preaching 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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What about the Church? with Wes Pastor
What about the Church? with Wes Pastor
Join the Kenwood Institute on Thursday, May 2nd, at 7pm ET for a seminar with Wes Pastor, director of the NETS Institute, on pastoral ministry, church revitalization, and church planting. MORE: Kenwood couples are invited to a pizza dinner with the Pastors at 6pm. Registration required. Join the Kenwood Institute on Thursday, May 2nd at… Read More »What about the Church? with Wes Pastor
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Irenaeus Reading Group
Irenaeus Reading Group
Get the book (books will be available from Colin’s office at Kenwood). Read the book. Come together Sunday, May 5th @ 7pm, at the Smothers home to discuss! Please note: If you are signing up for this reading group, you are committing to read the book and attend the book discussion! We want return on… Read More »Irenaeus Reading Group