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 three core disciplines are Biblical Theology (BT), Systematic Theology (ST), and History & Historical Theology (HT). These anchor classes can be taken for accredited transfer credit to SBTS.
Table Talk
Kenwood Hall gathers for table fellowship and rich theological discussion over breakfast on the second Wednesday of the month during the Fall and Spring terms. We will be reading and discussing Religious Freedom by Dr. John Wilsey this Fall.
Preaching Internship
Each year Associate Pastor Denny Burk mentors a group of aspiring pastors in preaching preparation and delivery. Highlights of the internship include the annual weekender at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. and the opportunity to preach during a Wednesday evening service at Kenwood. The internship runs through the Fall and Spring terms.
Seminars
Kenwood Hall seminars are topically organized and practically focused events offering on-the-ground theological discipleship on front-line cultural and ecclesial issues.
Research Symposium
For aspiring academics and professors, Kenwood Hall offers the opportunity to present a brief precis of recent or current research and receive feedback from the Hall. This event is held twice annually and closes the Fall and Spring terms.
Mentorship
Kenwood Hall offers pastoral and academic mentorship through the Fall and Spring terms to those qualified men aspiring to ministry in the local church or the academy. Wise guidance from Kenwood elders prepares participants for the rigors of pastoral ministry and academic participants teach an Anchor Class session under supervision and receive feedback on preparation and delivery.
Fall 2025 Schedule
Fall 2025 ⚓ Anchor Classes
Progressive Covenantalism & Typology ⚓
Lead Instructor: Dr. Tom Sculthorpe
Join Dr. Tom Sculthorpe and several distinguished guests for our 12-week Biblical Theology Anchor Class focused on the thematic unity of the Old and New Testaments.
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_F25 BT Syllabus: click here to download
Sundays, 6–7pm, September 7–November 23 in the Kenwood Baptist Church Gathering Space
Baptist Ecclesiology ⚓
Lead Instructor: Dr. Kyle Claunch
Join Dr. Kyle Claunch for this 12-week study on Reformed Theology using the five solas of the Reformation as a heuristic to go deeper into the Doctrine of God, Scripture, and Reformed Soteriology in conversation with the Great Tradition.
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_F25 Reformed Theology Syllabus: click here to download
Fridays, 7:00–8:00am, September 5–November 21 in the Kenwood Baptist Church Gathering Space
Sign up* for Fall 2025 Anchor Classes
*Registrants who are not Kenwood Baptist Church members must pay a $25 registration fee.
Fall 2025 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.
Sign up for the Kenwood Institute 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.