“I would like to be a Preacher and a teacher of God’s Word, bring people to Christ, disciple them and release them to fulfill the great commission given by our Lord Jesus Christ.”
My Dream of Being a Preacher of the Word of God
My name is Julius Sirengo and I am called to be a preacher. I am 35 years old and married to my beautiful wife Emmaclyne Sirengo. God has blessed us with three children, named Victor, Jackline, and Joy. I am from Kitale in Kenya. I would like to equip and empower the communities around me with the Word of God.
My childhood was not very good. I was born into a family of six, 3 boys and 3 girls. My father died when I was 4 years old. In 1998 when I visited my aunt, we attended the church service of a Full Gospel Church. After the Pastor had preached the Word of God, I knew I needed to be saved. When I accepted Christ in my life, I realized He loved me so much that He died for my sake.
I would like to be a Preacher and a teacher of God’s Word, bringing people to Christ, discipling them, and then releasing them to fulfill the great commission given by our Lord Jesus Christ. After receiving Christ into my heart, my family abandoned me but later they came to witness what God was doing in my life.
I hope to use my Christian Leaders Institute training to equip and empower the people of the Church of Christ to know Him at a personal level. I have been wanting to study and know the word of God so that I can reach out and teach effectively. CLI will enable me to study my courses without any struggle or interference.
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“I have been called to ministry several times over the years but I was always reluctant and very intimidated so I ignored the calling.” Learn how and why Jacque is finally answering God’s calling on her life as you read her called ministry training journey.
Called Ministry Training Journey
My name is Jacqueline Miller and I have been on a called ministry training journey. I live in the United States. I prefer to go by Jacqui or Jacs. I was born and raised in London, England, and came to the States when I was 18 to study Fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. In 1987, God blessed me with a wonderfully kind and loving husband, and we have 2 amazing sons, Adam and Aaron, who have grown to be well-regarded men of integrity and are born-again Christians.
Early Life and Conversion
I was born in North London in 1963 to Jamaican parents. My parents got married as teenagers and left their families in Jamaica to work in London’s industrial factories. They had 3 children, and I am the middle child with 2 brothers. Unfortunately, my parents were divorced when I was 6. My mother was an extremely hard working single mother of 3 children. She worked full-time and on the weekends, so her twin brother and his wife took care of us kids on the weekends. My aunt and uncle were Pentecostal and those services are my first real memories of church, although my brothers and I were christened as babies in a Methodist Church. We also had a nice neighbor who would sometimes care for us on Saturdays, and since she was an Adventist, we also went to church with her on Saturdays.
My first memory of being touched by the Holy Spirit was at the Pentecostal Church with my aunt and uncle. I was about 9 years old and as I watched a baptism I could barely contain myself from jumping into the pool and declaring my love for Jesus. I begged my aunt to let me go up front at the altar call but she said I was too young to fully understand. When I was 12, my mum sent my younger brother and me to a Catholic summer program. On the first day, we were told we had to go outside and pray to the statue of Mary before lunch. I had been taught that we only pray to God, and absolutely never to statues. I refused to do as they asked, so my brother and I never went back there again. When I was 13, I chose to attend the local Baptist Church, which is where I got baptized when I was fifteen.
Calling to Ministry
I have been called to ministry several times over the years, but I was always reluctant and very intimidated so I ignored the calling. The past several years have been filled with serious health challenges, including a kidney transplant in 2012 (which was donated by my youngest son), ovarian cancer in 2015, and a month-long battle with E-coli in 2016. In March 2018, I lost my job of 7 years because they said they could no longer afford to pay me. I was devastated and deeply hurt and set about applying for another job. My husband, Keith, transformed a bedroom into an art studio for me and encouraged me to stay home and focus on my art instead of going back to work. I’ve been enjoying painting and relaxing, but the call to ministry surfaced again. This time it came with a real sense of urgency. I didn’t want to turn my back on God again because I really and truly believe I would not get called again. It’s now or never, so here I am by God’s Mercy on my called ministry training journey.
Ministry Training
The one area that I believe I could serve the Lord is through a wedding ministry. I’ve now been married almost 31 years and we’ve been through just about every trial and temptation you can think of as a married couple. We agreed divorce would never be an option. When we ran into difficulties, we sought marriage counseling at our church, and by the Lord’s loving Grace we are still very happily married today. I’m still in prayer as to what the Lord has called me to do, but I’m fairly certain that it’s pre-marital counseling, wedding officiating, and marriage counseling.
So here I am at the start of my called ministry training journey. I chose Christian Leaders Institute because I appreciate the hybrid education concept of having a local mentor(s) while I study online along with needing personal recommendations to vouch for my character, and even more important, to be blessed and ordained by a Laying on of the Hands Ceremony. I’m really very grateful for the freemium education concept because I’m still paying off college loans for our sons and I never dreamed I’d be able to afford to go back to school again. I know there will be trials, but I truly am an overcomer in Christ. Please pray for me on my journey as I also pray for God’s blessings on this school, Rev. Reyenga, administrators, professors, mentors, and fellow students. To God be the Glory. Amen!
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Hello all. My name is Amanda Smith (nee Faulkner). I was originally born in Barry Island, Wales. My family and I moved to New Zealand when I was 5 years old.
I am studying anew here at Christian Leaders Institute, and at this stage have little experience as a leader, though I do keep good company with the lady who ran the Salvation Army Family Store that I previously worked in. She is the lovely lady who re-introduced me to Christianity and lit the flame in me here in New Zealand.
I didn’t have much of a spiritual upbringing. My parents said they were Christian, though I was sent to church with neighbors. My mother had a saying of “God pays debts without using any money” when I was being bullied at school. My father insisted I don’t wear white when I got married since I had already had children and was therefore “unpure.” These were the only indicators I had of any religion being present in my family (I was divorced two years after I was first married due to his infidelity).
At the age of 16, I was an attempted murder survivor. Wrong place, wrong time was what I was told. Possibly a drug deal happening down the road I was walking. To date, there is no suspect or motive, even though it happened back in 1985 here in New Zealand. The church chaplain said to me, “God has a plan for you. He is not done with you yet. He had his hand on you to make sure you survived this.” This was my first real connection with God. I then sought Him out and went to Youth Groups with friends. Somewhere along the way, I kept bad company and drifted from Him.
Then I started attending church again, as I stated above, after working at the Salvation Army store. I became a Salvation Army soldier. I heard that God has a plan for me to be a leader. I started studying even more. I met a man whom I grew to love. He attended church with me just to be near me, and he came to know the Lord in the process. God works in mysterious ways. He had a stroke, that caused him to become very violent and aggressive with me whenever he had an alcoholic drink. Being an alcoholic, this was a regular occurrence. I prayed repeatedly for healing for him, because I knew it was an illness, and that he was acting against his own morals when he hurt me. He went through a residential rehabilitation program and hasn’t raised his hand to me in 7 years.
During his time in the rehabilitation program, he was diagnosed with cancer. It was a definite diagnosis and tests were being done to find out whether it was aggressive cancer or not. Weeks passed waiting for results of the last test. During these weeks, all those at the program and myself prayed for him daily. When the results came back, it was to say that the cancer cells had shrunk! Cancer doesn’t shrink on its own. Praise God! It is now non-existent in his body – it just left, with no treatment! These are only two events that convinced me of God’s power and His will for me to be His child. There were many other events where there is no doubt that God had His hand on the situation.
Free training is necessary for me because, at this stage, our finances are very tight. We recently had a very intimate wedding, keeping it personal rather than showy, due to the tight budget. Although both of us work, we don’t have the money to spend on unnecessary costs. I have started a new job and hope this will change so that I can give back to this worthy cause that has given me so much, and undoubtedly, will continue to do so. I want to move forward in my learning, as to be worthy to spread God’s word and bring others to Him.
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