From the African nation of Ghana, Jonathan shares with us his testimony. “I want to reach the world with the gospel of Christ. I also want to groom more youth to identify and accomplish their purpose in Christ, especially in Ghana.”
My Story by Jonathan Abeiku Otabil of Ghana
Jonathan Abeiku Otabil is my name, born and living in Ghana. I am a teacher by profession and currently teaching at a basic school. I am married with two kids. I have been a Christian since childhood. I grew up in the children’s ministry of The Apostolic Church-Ghana from the age of nine. With great teachings and training at Sunday school, I saw the need to accept Christ as my Lord and saviour.
I currently serve my church as a Presiding Elder. I believe God is calling me to be a minister of the gospel. I want to reach the world with the gospel of Christ. I also want to groom more youth to identify and accomplish their purpose in Christ, especially in Ghana. Ghana has a great percentage of her population as Christians but I believe there is a lot to done.
I thank God for Christian Leaders Institute, you have been a blessing and a great source of inspiration to me as Christian. This class has enlightened me as a young Christian leader. I want to be equipped with much Biblical knowledge and principles to harness my ministry.
I know God has something great for me, for that I have the support of my wife. She is a great woman who is focused on God and His work.
God bless the leadership of CLI and their able partners for their love, passion and time in supporting ministers all over the world with free ministry education.
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A Life of Ministry Serving
Hello, my name is Lisa J. Stockdale of the USA and I have a call to ministry serving. All of my life, I have worked and served in the church. My parents made sure that I was rooted and grounded by ministry serving in the church. Soon, I began to enjoy my church clubs and organizations more than my social ones. As I grew into a teen, I was the person the pastor selected to do the Youth Sermon every 5th Sunday. I taught Sunday school to the fourth-grade class. I was an usher, in the choir, and a Junior trustee. My ‘preaching’ was so good that I was entered in statewide oratorical contests and denominational wide contests as well. During college recruit day, a representative from Union Theological Seminary came and delivered a wonderful presentation. It was then and there I knew where I was going to college.
When it was time to declare college selections, I was so excited that I went to tell my pastor first. Because surely this man of God would be more excited than anyone about my choice. I walked into his office with my chest poked out like a beautiful peacock so confident and proud of my adult decision to serve the Lord and join the ministry serving field. Needless to say that I left out of that meeting in tears. My pastor killed my ministry serving dreams by advising me that the pulpit was no place for women and that I needed to make a traditional choice of college. As a young woman who was taught to honor and respect the word of the Pastor, I did just that. I enrolled in a historically black university. Now, I don’t regret my decision and loved my college years, but I always felt something was missing.
My ministry serving dreams are coming back to life. My husband is a minister and we serve with my cousin as our pastor. I am being groomed for ministry serving and have begun to preach again. My spiritual gifts are being nurtured and I feel alive. I have always felt like even though I know the Bible I have missed out on the didactic and exegetical scriptural development from theology school until I found Christian Leaders Institute. This free ministry training and education will give me the foundation I need to thrust my ministerial career into a new level of teaching and worshiping God.
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