Graduate Profile: Murungi Igweta, BDiv

I was born as a sinner to Roman Catholic parents. I lived as a proud and arrogant man until the Lord melted my heart of stone and opened my dark mind to see the gravity and depravity of my sin. The Lord had mercy on me. In the year 2001, God’s saving grace through the gospel of His Son reached me. In the gospel, I heard the voice of Christ calling me to believe and repent of my sins. On a chilly Sunday morning, the Spirit of God regenerated me, giving me new life and the ability to believe in Christ for pardon and salvation. The call to the ministry came almost immediately, with a strong desire to reach the least-reached communities with the gospel. In due course, the Lord enabled me to see the immediate gospel needs near me.

In 2003, I married my high school sweetheart, Charity. Over the years, the Lord has blessed our marriage with three children, Asaph, Ruth, and Gaius. In 2010 July, I was set apart as one of the pastors of Trinity Baptist Church, Nairobi Kenya. Since then, I have been serving the congregation alongside two other men.

Previously, I have attended several theological colleges in Nairobi, including our very own Trinity Pastors College (TPC). But that training was not enough if I was to be effective in the training of other men for gospel ministry. Therefore, in 2015 I began my very fulfilling studies with the Reformed Baptist Seminary. At RBS I have acquired invaluable self-study skills which are so essential in pastoral ministry. For me this is the greatest advantage of the kind of training that RBS offers, without having to leave one’s ministry. As a pastor I must study to show myself approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed but one who rightly handles the word of truth.
My studies at RBS have been especially useful as I have plowed through the various well-organized studies, with well-selected books and capable professors. Besides having to sit down in the designated hours for study, I especially appreciated downloading lectures and listening to them even as I drove or as I attended to other demands of the ministry. This is so necessary for me in the equipping of men for pastoral ministry, since I teach at TPC.

I am most grateful for RBS faculty and especially for Dr Bob Gonzales for the endless hours and investment in my life through this training. RBS, being a church-based theological seminary, and having a faculty of experienced pastors, makes the training so practical, profitable, and realistic. I believe that this model should be seriously considered and adopted by more seminaries if men will be thoroughly equipped for ministry. Besides, I have benefited from the church-partnership program, which greatly reduced my fees, making it considerably more affordable.

Murungi Igweta