Pastoring Ministry Calling
Hello. My name is Jennifer Krawczyk and I live in Clarksburg, WV. I have enjoyed telling people about God ever since I felt God’s pastoring ministry call to serve Him. My childhood wasn’t a very good one. Ever since the age of two, I have been sexually, mentally, and physically abused. I was homeless several times. I got taken away from my biological parents at the age of 5. My foster mom was the first person who tried to get me to go to church. But after the pastor told me that Jesus loves me and was there for me, I no longer wanted to go. I felt as though I had just been lied to. Why would someone who loved me as much as the pastor said Jesus did, allow me to go through everything I had gone through?
When I was 10 years old, I was adopted. I thought my life was starting to look up. Then at the age of 13, my life took a turn for the worse. I started struggling with depression and I had no one to talk to. My adoptive mother did not understand what I was going through. I ended up going to the hospital for a suicide attempt. I was questioning this “God” that everyone wanted me to love and worship. When I was 16, I was arrested for something I did out of anger. While locked up, I heard about God at least once a week if not more. I just could not understand why someone so loving would want me to go through everything I had in my life so far.
I was released when I was 18. I had no home to go to so I went to a homeless shelter. I was there until my 19th birthday when I got my first apartment. Then, I met a guy who I married when I turned 21. He turned out to be an abusive alcoholic. He wanted me to drink but I didn’t want to. My friends all had me use pills when he drank. So my husband found out one day that I was using. He beat me for that and every day I kept getting beat when he would drink. I kept using to help with the pain. I got addicted to the painkillers, and one day I had had enough of the abuse. I overdosed and was sent to the emergency room, and then my blood pressure bottomed out. I was so tired that I fell asleep even though the nurse told me not to. While my eyes were closed, I saw this really bright light appear to me. I was no longer scared and I was at peace for the first time in my life. When I woke up, my blood pressure was near perfect. I didn’t understand anything about what just happened so I wanted to find a pastor.
I left my husband and went to another homeless shelter. While I was there I went to a nearby church looking for answers. The pastor told me it was Jesus’ light and that only a few see the light and live to tell about it. I was one of the few! I ended up going to celebrate recovery at a local church and getting the help I needed for my drug addiction. It was a couple weeks after that that I was saved. Then one day, I heard God telling me to serve Him. I asked how I should serve and images of me being a pastor came to my mind which is how I received my pastoring ministry call from God.
My pastoring ministry call dream is to one day have a church where people can come as they are. I want to leave my church door open so people can come to the Lord anytime. While I was getting closer to God, I lost all of my old friends and people started questioning me about God. I realized that I needed to know more about God and his word the Bible. So, I hope to be able to use my Christian Leaders Institute training to not only get closer to God but to also become a pastor. Free training is necessary for me because I am cannot afford to pay for college. A scholarship for my training is important because I really want to become a pastor.
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Bible School Opportunity
Hello, my name is Jose Garcia and I am grateful for this Bible School opportunity at Christian Leaders Institute. I have been running from GOD when I knew He has called me to do his work. GOD has saved my life so many times that I have lost count. I was a gang member and a drug dealer working for the devil. I was shot ten times and stabbed three times in the same day. God saved my life. People said that I was lucky to be alive, but I told them that I was blessed. Then, I was incarcerated for selling drugs. While I was incarcerated, I studied the word of God both day and night. I preached the word because there was no one else there to preach the word of God in the county jail. For the first time in my life, I was at peace.
I wanted to do more in my walk with God, so I prayed and asked our Lord to help me find a Bible school opportunity that I could afford. Then one day as I was looking on the Internet, I found an ad saying that there was a free online ministry training course. That is how I found the Christian Leaders Institute. I live on a fixed income so it is hard to pay for a Bible school opportunity, so a school for free is the best way for me to receive my Bible education. God always makes a way for his children, because he never leaves us or forsakes us. I thank the Lord for leading me to this Bible school opportunity with CLI.
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Christian Mission Call
My name is Jordan McGrath and I have a Christian mission call on my life. I am twenty years old and come from the small city of Vernon, located in British Columbia, Canada. I am currently serving at my church (Vernon First Baptist) as a youth leader and find such great joy in working with the youth and pouring out into them. Being a leader, though it can be difficult, is such a fulfilling role, especially when you get to witness the transformation of these youth and see their relationship with Christ flourish.
I was raised as a Christian child, going to church with my grandparents, but never really having that deep personal relationship with Christ. From a young age, I remember disliking school. I had a lot of trouble concentrating and gaining the motivation to actually complete work, which made each grade harder and harder to complete.
My walk as a Christian has been quite the journey, as I have only been a follower of Christ for just over a year. It all started in the summer of 2017 when I got invited to a young adult campout hosted by one of the local churches. God spoke through one of the pastors at night and it changed my heart immensely. Immediately after, I started attending church and delving into the Word, and a few months later in October, I was baptized.
My spiritual dream is to grow in closer to God and walk in God’s will as I go out to the nations as a missionary. I want to fulfill God’s Christian mission call upon my life, by loving people, sharing the gospel, and serving others. Some of my biggest obstacles in the process of surrendering to Christ was letting go of certain things and giving my all to God. Surrendering has its difficulties, as it involves huge amounts of trusting in God, and though it’s been quite the challenge, I’ve put a lot of focus on growing in this particular area of my life. I’ve been humbled time after time with the realization that I cannot be wise in my own eyes, but realize that wisdom comes from God.
God became so real to me when I was in YWAM, and I was brought to a point where He was all that I could lean on and He was all that I could trust in. YWAM brought me through such a refining process in my faith and overall brought my belief to a whole new level.
I’m here taking these courses at Christian Leaders Institute hoping to grow, grow, and grow. Accreditation is nice, and proves the legitimacy of this school to me, but, the primary reason for me taking these courses is so that I may use my knowledge and apply it within the field that God has called me to. The fact that these courses are free is the only thing that makes getting education possible for me, as I feel called to staff at YWAM in the near future and could not possibly afford to do both!
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