Upcoming Events

Join us for a virtual summer series that centers the voices, vision, and vitality of the Black Church. Each week, we'll be in conversation with pastors, scholars, creatives, and community leaders who are doing the work, living the truth, and shaping the future.

Join us for a special two-part Faith Talks series, Black Church Studies at Louisville Seminary Q&A, taking place on Tuesday, July 15 and Tuesday, July 29. Led by Dr. Perzavia Praylow, Director of Black Church Studies at Louisville Seminary, these open conversations are designed to introduce participants to the mission, vision, and offerings of the Black Church Studies program.

This is an opportunity to engage directly with Dr. Praylow and the BCS staff, ask questions, and learn more about how we equip and empower Black religious leaders for impactful ministry in the church and broader society. Whether you’re a prospective student, alum, clergy member, or community partner, these sessions will offer insight into current initiatives, upcoming events, and the expanding work of Black Church Studies at LPTS.

Pull up to the screen. Tune into the truth. Engage the tradition

The Makers Fest is part of the core programming of the Sun-Walking Fellowship Grant. Here makers of spiritually related arts teach, perform/exhibit. Congregations are welcome, ALL are welcome to enjoy food, fun, and fabulousness! Come! Be Inspired!

Questions? Email Sun-Walking Fellowship at walkwithus@sunwalkingfellowship.org

This immersive, in-person experience is designed for all LPTS students - whether you’re joining us on campus or learning remotely during the year - along with other LPTS constituents. The centerpiece is a 1-credit intensive course (Aug 26–28) developed by our faculty to explore faith, justice, and identity in our current cultural moment. Join us for a week of embodied learning, shared meals, artistic reflection, fieldwork, and connection across all degree programs.

More details coming soon. We can't wait to welcome you to campus!

Louisville Seminary invites you to the Caldwell Lecture as part of our 2025-2026 Lecture Series featuring Rev. Cassidy Hall—author, award-winning filmmaker, podcaster, and a leading voice in contemplative spirituality.

In "Queering the Neighborhood," Rev. Hall will be in conversation with Jessica Mesman, senior editor at The Christian Century, about what it means to queer our practice and presence in the midst of such a divided world. Drawing from personal stories and spiritual experience, she will explore how her own queerness has enlivened her contemplative practice and everyday presence.

How do we stay true to ourselves and our practices in such a chaotic world?
How do we love each other well in a culture of so much hate?

Join us as we wade in the waters of these questions together.

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Don't wait—register today and secure your spot for this FREE public event!
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This year's Caldwell Lecture is offered in reflection of the 2025 Mosaic Symposium theme, "Who Is My Neighbor?""—a faithful, justice-seeking exploration of our shared calling in a time when diversity, equity, and inclusion are under threat.

You are warmly invited to a special worship service celebrating the opening Convocation of the 172nd Academic year of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and installation of Rev. Dr. Perzavia Praylow as the Director of Black Church Studies and The Black Church Cornerstone Collaborative, and Assistant Professor of Historical Theology and Black Church Studies at Louisville Seminary.

"The Invitation Still Stands" Rev. Dr. Praylow's message will be a theological interpretation of Luke 14: 1, 7-14 informed by the theology and witness of the Black Church. This sermon is a call to people of faith to revision our posture and praxis of hospitality so that our witness is a byproduct of the liberating love of Jesus Christ. As we prepare a table for all the community, we must embody doing the work of inviting beyond the invitation.

Immediately following the worship, join us in the LouSem Hope Cafe (located in the Winn Center on campus) for a Community Lunch hosted by the Office of the Academic Dean.
All are invited to attend!

To help us better prepare for the occasion and community lunch, please RSVP by August 18, 2025.

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LPTS Alums are invited you to return to campus for a joyful reunion - a time to reconnect with classmates, reflect on shared journeys, and celebrate all that binds us together in community.

Held just before this year's Opening Convocation, the reunion offers a space for fellowship, memory-making, and renewed connection.

Whether you graduated this year, five years ago or fifty, you belong in this circle of care, faith, and lifelong learning.

Visit the lpts.edu/alums/reunion/ webpage for more information and, if you are an LPTS alum, to RSVP!
Questions? Email Aaron Taylor, Alum Engagement Associate