Christian Leader Ministry Training
My name is Gloria Belonwu and I am receiving Christian Leader ministry training at CLI. My country of origin is Nigeria in West Africa, but I am a citizen of the United States of America now. I was born in September of 1963 into a Christian family. Our denomination was formerly known as the “Christian Missionary Society” but is currently known as the Anglican Church or the Church of England. I received an infant baptism at birth and got confirmed into the church communion during my preteens. Growing up, I will say that I knew quite a lot about God and Jesus Christ through the teachings at the church and through the Bible knowledge classes in high school where I tried to read and memorize some scriptures in order to pass the class. But I did not have a personal relationship with God or any encounter with Christ until later in my life.
In 1990, I got married to Mr. Christian Belonwu in a small Baptist Church in his village. I gave my life to Christ in 1995 at a dinner program that was organized by the “Full Gospel” businessmen’s fellowship. I had some disagreement with my husband at that time with my new faith. He did not want me to go too deep into it because he was scared that these wealthy Christian brothers would take his wife from him. In order to calm down my husband’s fears, I decided to leave the full “Gospel Fellowship” and joined the “Scripture Union of Nigeria” and I was able to grow spiritually here.
The decision to be a Christian leader and receive Christian leader ministry training has been in my mind after leading my small Baptist church at one point in the late nineties. Also from my quest to know God more and find out ways to serve Him. I have been telling my family and friends for years now that I will be going to Bible school after retirement. I put the Bible school training after retirement because of my full-time job and current financial burden which I believed would be better after retirement. But I changed my mind when I found out about online free Christian Leader ministry training with Christian Leaders Institute.
I plan to use the knowledge and experience from the Christian Leaders Institute to help in many areas in my current church. Since I plan to go back to Nigeria at some point after retirement, I will want to help my local church in their spiritual growth and my community at large. Free Christian leaders training will mean a lot to me at this time. The scholarship program will help me to start doing the training now while I still have the energy and strength instead of waiting until after retirement. I pray that God will help me to achieve my goals as a Christian Leader in Jesus name.
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Pastoring Ministry Dream
I am Klayton Korver and I have a pastoring ministry dream. I live in the United States of America. It’s a privilege to join the ministry vocationally. What an honor to get to plan all facets of my day around the body of Christ.
I grew up in a Christina home and watched my elders lead churches. Our family adage is our faith is “caught not taught”, which I always thought interesting coming from people who “teach” on a weekly basis. But watching men and women’s words and actions line up laid a foundation for me to be a follower of Jesus. This plays into my “Spiritual Dream”: Love God and love people. I have learned in my 34 years of life that one never knows what the future holds. But if I can remain in step with the Spirit, I will be able to be nimble and move where the Spirit prompts.
As a new father with a one-year-old and another on the way, I really appreciated the close to the class as it was primarily about creating a home that is Jesus-centered. Those are all good things for my wife and me to be actively thinking through now so we can create a family spiritual rhythm.
I associate with the word Pastor. From a young age, people whose opinions I trust have been calling that out in me. A couple of years back, my wife and I felt it was time to change our life’s trajectory. We were at a church in Atlanta which was beginning their own in-house seminary partnership for members who desired to really learn. I was allowed to join the test course, and from that course knew it was time to say yes to what my elders had seen in me.
I am pastoring in a small town in Iowa, so I don’t know if there are any unique challenges that you wouldn’t find in other small towns. We are living in a day as we all know, where we are more connected than ever but also disconnected. The desire to create disciples has dwindled in my church experience, which is what makes me so excited about where I am right now because that is what our mission is.
The local church here has not only hired me on staff, but it is also helping me take these courses at CLI for my pastoring ministry dream. So we are learning and doing, which is the best way in my opinion to grow.
I desperately desire to learn so a scholarship with CLI is needed. The more I read and learn the more I want to read and learn. Our God is so big and incredible, what I love about Him is we will never cease to learn about Him. So an opportunity to do so with Christian Leaders Institute will grow me, my family, my church, and my city, because as we all become disciples of Jesus the kingdom spreads.
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