Ep. 82 - Class of 2026: Mulenga Chileshe on Pastoral Training and the Gospel in Africa

Thank you for hosting me.

Um, I'm glad to be part of the podcast and to be able to share some of the experiences I've had with Central Seminary.

You're, you're coming up on the final weeks here.

What, just right away, what does that feel like to be looking to the finish line now?

Uh, I thought I would, I would not finish my, my studies.

I remember I had a meeting with, uh, an advisory meeting with Dr. Pratt.

Then we had to think through my completion plan, and there was this tentative plan.

"Okay, if you don't take preaching classes, it means your graduation will be extended by a year.

If you take more classes, you have a, a workload, heavy workload on your, on your end that will require most of your time." Are you able to manage? I told him, "Let me give it a try." And I went through the process.

Now thinking of a week that is about to come, which is graduation week, it's kind of fulfilling and it brings so much joy that I've gone through a lot, uh, in terms of preparations, studying, having classes in the nights, then seeing the final line.

It's kind of what Paul says, "I've fought my battles, ran the race, now I'm finishing." Yeah.

So it's, it's a feeling-

Yeah

... of excitement, and I'm looking forward to, to that.

Yeah.

And, and you've definitely earned it, so congratulations in, in this point.