 Yes, so welcome to this monthly mentoring hour. This will be the final mentoring hour that we would be having for this current semester. So during the summer break, that would be May to July, we will not be having the mentoring hour. The next academic year would be beginning on 1st August 2023. So we will be resuming our mentoring hour August onwards. However, we have a very important event coming up in May. May 7th would be when we will be having our graduation day. So the live stream link for this event will be posted in the main auditorium in Google. So please do join in for online. You can join in online for the graduation day ceremonies. But yeah, apart from that, as for the mentoring hour, that will be we will resuming it, resume it August onwards. And yeah, those were just some preliminary announcements. So we will get into our mentoring hour. So this, you know, is your time. You can feel free to ask any questions that you have from the Bible regarding our Christian walk, regarding ministry, maybe, even if you have any doubts that you would like clarified from the topics that were covered during the semester. Any question that you would like to pose, you know, we would love to answer. The pastor team is here and we would like to help you with any questions that you have. So over to you. This is your time. Yeah, please go ahead. Anyone would like to start off, get the questions going. If you would prefer to, you know, type it in the chat in case your audio is not very clear. That should also be fine. So yeah, for those of us who are kind of joining in now. If anyone has any questions, please go ahead. Any suggestions on students looking to further study theology, MDiv or MPH? All right. So I'm assuming that your question is, you know, after this completion of the course here, if you would like to study further and take up MDiv or MPH, what are the options that you can consider? I suppose that is your question, Sam. So could we have anyone in the pastor team addressing this question, please? Yeah, I mean, if our students would like to, you know, take up further higher studies after completing their course here at APCBC, what options are available to them and what would be preferable, what would be useful and helpful? Can we have anyone address this question, please? Deepika, I think you're the only one who's done a master's in divinity at the legislature, aren't you? Handle it first and we can add. Yes, pastor. It all actually depends on what you are aiming for. If you are doing the MDiv or the MPH because you are thinking in terms of becoming a teacher or a lecturer, then I suppose you would need to go to one of the institutions which are very theological and academic, you know, where the focus will not be so much on practical ministry. It would be more on learning the Bible in depth just so that you as a teacher would have enough background material to be able to explain each Bible passage very, very clearly. But then also there are many who take up MDiv and MPH with the idea of pursuing missions or other fields like counseling and all of that. So now if that is what you're aiming for, then I suppose you would not really go to institutions that are focusing more on academics. You would need maybe an institution where more practical aspects are also dealt with. So it would actually depend on which line the Lord is calling you to pursue. So based on that, I suppose you would be deciding which kind of an institution to go to. So once you have more clarity on that, maybe you could contact one of our faculty here at APC and then we can maybe provide you advice regarding what options you can consider. Does that help at all, Sam? Yeah, thank you, Pastor. It does. But I'm also thinking of even for ministry, the additional value that doing MDiv or MPH brings after finishing your BTH. Both in terms of becoming more sound and getting clarity in your own doctrine as well as getting sound doctrine of knowledge as well as having clarity in terms of ministry. Does added advantage or added value that MPH or MDiv brings? True, I mean all of us should be equipped in the Word of God, so we should have much clarity on our scriptures. So yes, MPH and MDiv will address that and all institutions should be addressing that. I just meant that if you are aiming for certain aspects of ministry which would be more on the field working among people, then some institutions are more equipped for that. They have networking with different Christian organizations and so they would send out their students for practical training to those particular places. So they have an added advantage in equipping their students for very practical hands-on ministry. So on the other hand, there would be some institutions, their focus, I mean the goal with which they started their institutions is mainly for academic purposes. So if you're aiming to be a lecturer, then maybe you should go there because they have the added strength of having invested in professors who are specializing in that area. So that would become more helpful. So yes, all institutions will address this basic need of providing sound doctrine and equipping you in the scriptures. All institutions will do that. It's just that some specialize in that and some specialize in practical ministry aspects. So you would have to kind of find out what the goal of that particular institution is and what their main purpose is. That kind of makes it easier. So you can choose the right one when you're making your decision. Does that help, Sam? Pasta Deepika, can I just add in a few things? Sure. Sam, after BTH, people want to pursue further studies in the biblical field. They do a BD, which is a Bachelor's in Divinity or an MDiv. So BD is basically, the courses are more on philosophy and also on various fields related to theology. MDiv is basically you do your BTH and then you do an MDiv or a BD. So MDiv focuses more on missions. It's more mythological studies. The focus is more on missions. Now, once you've finished doing a BD or an MDiv, then you go to do your MDH. So you can do an MDH in theology or you can do an MDH in Old Testament, New Testament, or even in missions. So first, if you've done a BTH, then you go to do a BD or an MDiv. So BD is basically talking more about the subjects are more on theology and exegetical studies. You learn a language in Hebrew or Greek and then you focus more on the exegetical studies of the various books in the Bible and more theology and philosophy related to theology. And once you finish your BD, you can do an MDH. MDiv focuses more on mission subjects but also has a little branch of theology and also you can learn, you know, either Hebrew or Greek and then you can also focus on exegetical studies, but basically the focus is on missions. Once you complete doing an MDiv or a BD, then you pursue an MDH which can either be in various fields, Old Testament, New Testament. It can be also theological subjects or in mission-related subjects. Yeah, thank you so much, Pastor Selena for that. Sam, does that provide some clarity on this? Lots, lots. Thank you so much, Pastor Selena and Pastor Deepika. One last thing is probably maybe not in today's call itself, but if there is a few recommended institutions from APS that one can look further into research about the institutes. If there are some names that list is somewhere there, recommended for Bible college students who are looking to further study and we could do the research but some, you know, aligned institutes that would also help. But thank you, thank you. For now it does help. Thank you so much. Thank you, Sam. So if anyone else has a question, you know, please do go ahead. It could be just any doubt that you have from the Bible. It could be regarding Christian ministry. It could be regarding our daily Christian walk, any questions that you have regarding that. Even if you have any doubts regarding any of the topics that have been covered so far this semester, any questions at all, please go ahead. This is your time and we are here to help in any way that we can. So yeah, please go ahead with your questions. Well, yeah, this is rather surprising when usually we are, you know, flooded with questions. Yeah, those of us who are kind of joining in now, if you have any questions that you would like to pose, please do go ahead. Yes, of course, Pastor. Yeah, so, you know, we had just one or two persons joining in a few minutes ago. So if you would like to ask any questions, please go ahead. You know, this is your time. You can ask any question that you have from the Bible or from regarding ministry. If not, you know, we will just go ahead and close with prayer. Yeah, so anyone at all, if you're more comfortable just typing in the chat, you can type in your question in the chat. So anyone would like to do that? Any of you have any questions on your mind or you have any doubts that you would like clarified? All right. Okay, then in that case, you know, we'll close with prayer. Yeah, let's pray. Lord, we just thank you so much for helping us to be a part of this Bible college for having learned so much throughout this semester. Now, Lord, we pray that you would bring back all of these truths that we have learned to our minds as and when we require it so that we can apply these things in our lives and grow in you and glorify you. So we pray a lot that you would continue to lead us even as we learn from you and even as we continue to grow in you. Thank you a lot for this time. In Jesus' name, amen. Amen. So yes, then in that case, you know, we'll have our classes starting at nine o'clock and we'll log out for now. You know, all of you have a wonderful day. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, ma'am. Amen. Thank you.