A seven-day Psalms study with African pastors in Lusaka, Zambia might seem like a story without sizzle. But this one: wow.
In a way, the story starts almost two years ago. In June 2020 the Confessional Lutheran Institute (CLI), the educational arm of WELS World Missions’ One Africa Team, formed a cohort of African Lutheran pastors. These men, all ordained, want to keep learning Bible, church history, doctrine, and shepherding God’s flock.
For most of the 19 pastors currently in the cohort, our March 31–April 7, 2022 Psalms course was the third in a series of nine courses and a final thesis, all of which will lead, God willing, to a Bachelor of Divinity (BDiv) degree from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary.
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