Oscar Tshiebwe preaches at Broadway Baptist Church in Lexington

Kentucky superstar center Oscar Tshiebwe is expanding his talents to outside the basketball floor, this time as a local preacher in Lexington. Outspoken about his faith every time a microphone or camera is put in front of his face, Tshiebwe decided to take his passion one step further by leading a sermon at Lexington’s Broadway Baptist Church on Sunday.

The Wildcat star shared the footage of his preaching debut on Instagram along with several photos from the service.

“We’re going to worship our God, forever and ever,” Tshiebwe said in the sermon. “… When you trust in God, God is not going to let you down.”

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Broadway Baptist Church also shared a brief clip of Tshiebwe’s sermon late Sunday evening.

“We don’t need to fight for eternal life from God,” he added. “It’s a free gift through Christ. … We have to surrender ourselves to God. We have to obey His Word.”

Kentucky head coach John Calipari spoke about Tshiebwe’s preaching debut during his weekly call-in radio show, adding that his sermon lasted 30 minutes.

“You know what I love about him? He went to a church — and he told me was doing it — and he preached,” Calipari said Monday. “He went 30 minutes at the church! I mean, truly amazing what’s happened to him and how he’s stayed focused on all the right stuff.”

Tshiebwe’s father, Mbuyi Tshiebwe, was the head pastor at a New Apostolic church in the commune of Kanya prior to his death in July 2012. Now, Tshiebwe has dreams of becoming a pastor after his basketball playing days are over.

Back on February 11, Tshiebwe visited the English Learning class at Beaumont Middle School in Lexington, which consists of 16 students from Tanzania, Rwanda, Mali, Korea, Japan, China, South America, and the Congo. Tara Spencer, Beaumont’s EL instructional coach, invited the Kentucky star to speak with her students about his transition to America and learning English. During his hour and a half meeting with the class, Tshiebwe answered questions, signed autographs and take pictures.

Among the topics of conversation? You guessed it, Tshiebwe’s faith.

“He was patient with them,” Spencer told KSR. “He was not quick and rushed. ‘I am here for you.’ He really talked about his faith. He is truly the real deal. Any question that they asked — one of our students asked about a girlfriend and he immediately brought everything back to the gospel, showing them like, you have got to trust God. You need to trust the Lord and all of your things. Life is hard. Learning a language is hard, but if you trust God, He is the God of the impossible and He will do it for you. It was so good.”

He brought up his relationship with his father and the impact he made on his faith as a child. Now, he’s hoping to do the same with the next generation.

“He just shared the inspiration that his dad gave him and about how his dad would tell him, ‘You can do hard things’ and pointed him to trusting in the Lord and asking the Lord for help and that the Lord would provide for him always,” Spencer added. “And that he doesn’t need to worry, he doesn’t need to fret about it, he just has to give it over to God. He shared that with the kids, and the kids were able to connect with it.”

Is there anything Tshiebwe can’t do?