Effective Ministry Call
Hello, my name is Rich and I have an effective ministry call to serve the Lord with my life. I live in Middletown, NY. I am the founder of an outreach Ministry called Man up for God Inc. I’ve been a facilitator of this ministry for five years now. Our focus is the community at large, no matter where it is. God placed this ministry in my heart in 2013 while I was still working as an NYC detective in the Bronx, NY. I never thought that I would be in ministry but had dreams of someday working in the harvest fields. Like the Word says, “the steps of a righteous man are ordered by the Lord.”
I’m retired now and seeking to further my knowledge of my Lord Jesus in response to the effective ministry call on my life. Christian Leaders Institute is making this dream possible. My hope and prayer are that I complete this course I am on. It is a dream that I had since I was young to be effective for the Lord.
I’ve been a Christian all my life but went astray for a time in my teen years into adulthood. I recall when God came to me in a security shed in the year 1998. I was contemplating suicide due to a life full of wrong decisions. As I was ready to end my life, He came to me in a still small voice and asked: “Are you done?” My answer to Him was a quick, “Yes!” His answer to me is one that rings out in my life every day, “Then give your life to Me!” I responded to Him, “Fine you can have it, give me the strength to get out of this situation.” His answer was, “Now I can work IN you.”
My life has never been the same after that night. He has given me a new song and dream. I want to reach as many as I can with my gifts and talents that He has blessed me with. So I will be putting forward my best foot as I am led in my next season of learning. Thank you, CLI, for making it possible.
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Christ Heals Hurting Women
I have a passion to see that Christ heals hurting women. I was raised by Christian parents, but I did not come to have a personal relationship with Jesus until I was twenty-six years old. I rebelled as a teen, getting involved in the use of drugs and alcohol. I also became sexually active at the age of thirteen and became a mother at the age of fifteen. Being a single teen mom earned me a lot of heartaches. I struggled in poverty, and even when I wouldn’t know where our next meal would come from, somehow, we never went hungry, we never went homeless. I worked hard, sometimes holding down two jobs. I went through various relationships but never married.
At the age of twenty-six, I found my neighbor who had committed suicide. That experience shook me to the core and made me cry out to God. I received Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior in my parents living room that evening. I have never turned back.
It took me many years, a lot of effort, and a lot of prayers to be healed from a lot of the heartaches I encountered throughout my life. The only thing my heart aches for today is for young women and single mothers that are hurting and in need of the HEALER! I have a passion for young women and single mothers who are struggling and doing their best to survive. I have a passion to direct these women to that one man, Jesus Christ, and to my Heavenly Father that healed me. I am thankful that I found Christian Leaders Institute to give me the ministry and leadership training I need to accomplish my passion to see that Christ heals hurting women.
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Free Educational Study
My name is Joseph Ikome Efungani from Cameroon and I am excited about the free educational study program at Christian Leaders Institute. I was born in 1986 in the southwest region of Cameroon to a polygamous home of ten children. My father got married to three wives because he was a traditional ruler of our area and our tradition allowed him to have many wives and children. During my primary school, we went to Presbyterian schools and grew up in the customs of our traditions and beliefs as a royal family. My father died in 2013 just after I had graduated from the University with a Bachelors in Educational Psychology. However, there was a problem as to which of the male children would inherit my father’s position as the traditional ruler of our area. This is the period when I meet with on Apostle prince who converted me to become a Christian. I then went with the good news to our house and my elder sister became a Christian too. Presently, she is a pastor with the Presbyterian church in Cameroon, while I decided to go with the Pentecostal church. So, the position of the traditional ruler was given to my cousin since my siblings had all accepted Christianity.
I decided to follow this free educational study program at Christian Leaders Institute. With the death of my father, it was difficult for me to raise any funds for education due to fact that the interest of a single child could not be overemphasized at the expense of the others. I have a burden from the Lord which is why I wanted to go into the ministry. My burden most especially is to preach the gospel of the kingdom and also to eradicate evil customs and traditions that are not in accordance with the gospel of Christ in Africa. I plan to do ministry in Cameroon most especially in the rural areas where these traditions are practiced.
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