The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary — Attraction in Louisville

Southern Baptists DO love their red brick buildings!

I wanted to see the seminary, even though I parted ways with the Southern Baptists 50 years ago. Weather geek note: part of the seminary grounds were struck by the EF-4 tornado which struck Louisville on April 3-4, 1974.

The grounds are pleasant: lots of trees in a park-like setting.

I wanted to see what would happen if a gay Episcopalian put his hand on a Southern Baptist seminary wall. If you look carefully, you may see a handprint outlined in sulfur on a seminary wall. I pulled my hand away before I could receive more than a mild burn; and then I drove away to baptize some babies and sing a song of devotion to the Blessed Virgin (the “Salve Regina”) in the Mother...

A beautiful place to take photographs, regardless of the season. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville was originally in South Carolina and moved in 1877 to a newly built campus in downtown Louisville. In 1926 it moved again to its current location in Louisville's Crescent Hill neighborhood, just east of downtown, which was designed by the Frederick Law Olmsted firm. Olmstead's firm designed New York City's Central Park, the nearby Cherokee Park, and the entire parks and parkway system in Louisville, Kentucky. The campus now contains 10 academic and residential buildings in Georgian...

I am an alumni. I would not send your child or you should not go to the seminary. They are very closed minded. They do not believe in intense and earnest prayer like our Savior. They have destroyed the music program. Mohler believes in a Young earth and does not accept science. Mis interprets YAOM in Gen 1 it is a journey over time not 24 hours like we know it. They are very hateful to people who disagree with them. Stay away until they change administration...