Worship Ministry Leader
My name is Rosetta P. Nyenkan and I am grateful to God for Christian Leaders Institute. I live in Springdale Maryland, USA. I am married and blessed with four children. Presently, I am a member of Little White Chapel By the Wayside church in Silver Spring, Maryland, and a music minister. I’ve been in the music ministry since I was a teenager up to now, by the grace of God. It is my desire to serve God and to worship Him in the beauty of holiness as a worship ministry leader.
I came to know the Lord through my grandmother who used to take me to church when I was a child. In my grandmother’s church, I fell in love with the youth choir singing and that prompted me to join the choir. As I grew up, I left my grandmother’s church because there was no Bible Study there. Prior to leaving, my grandmother told me to get baptized when I was 12, which I did.
Then my mother invited me to her church. My mother’s church was very lively, and the youth ministry was active. That got me excited, so I joined the Bethel World Outreach Ministries International. I began to attend Bible Studies and youth activities weekly. At the end of every year, we would go for youth camp. It was at the youth camp I knew the importance of giving your life, so I give my life to Jesus and got baptized a second time.
The classes at CLI enable me to read my Bible and get me more connected to it. The classes have improved my walk/fellowship with God. As the Bible says in Psalm 11:7 “I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgment.” And in 2 Peter 3:18 it says we should grow in grace. As I serve in the music ministry, it is my desire to grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. I believe this great opportunity (ministry training at Christian Leaders Institute) will bring fulfillment to my life.
I identify myself mostly with the small group leader, a worship ministry leader, and the praise/worship ministry. Ministering to people in praise and worship had prompted me to pursue the ministry. My local church supports me in that I am afforded the opportunity to make use of my ministry calling. This ministry training for free is so important to me because then I will understand my role and calling more fully. It will also increase my knowledge of God’s word.
May God continue to bless the work of Christian Leaders Institute.
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Prison Ministry Leader
My name is David Deryl Downey and I am called to be a prison ministry leader. I’m a 47-year-old man, living in rural Kentucky in the United States of America, with my wife, Jennifer, and our 9 lovely children. I was brought up in the church, in one way or another, for most of my formative life. I am what’s known as a P.K (a Preacher’s Kid.) For a long time, I fought against the Lord because of the way they displayed their version of ‘Christian love.’ The Bible was forced on us in my house growing up. I knew even then that God wanted to use me to further His Kingdom, but I wasn’t having any part of it. I figured if my family, supposedly called by God, acted like they did, I wanted nothing to do with Him, His Kingdom, or His ministry. As a result, I turned hard left away from the Lord and became about as secular as you could become, and not end up in jail. (Though I came close many a time!)
For roughly 20 years, the Lord and I were estranged from each other. Then, I attended a Revival with my wife, my youngest son, my then youngest daughter, and my older son’s girlfriend. God got hold of me in a powerful way at that revival! Needless to say, by the end of the service, I went down to the altar and gave my life over to the care of God. There was such an amazing calming of my soul that took place the moment I did! Lord Jesus, I wish I had come to you sooner! I wish I hadn’t fought for so long, and so hard against what we both know I needed: You!
If someone as tough and obstinate as I can be brought low before the Lord, anyone can! I see, and intimately feel, that a revival in this country is desperately needed, and God wants me to be part of it! I am currently a member of Southern Manor Baptist Church, here in Vanceburg, KY. My second-to-oldest son, Joshua, is an Associate Pastor here and is most definitely a man called of God and has known so since he was but 12 years old. Our pastor, Brother Arthur Moore is my friend, my mentor, and my church leader. He has seen me come from refusing God to (like Saul) recanting and falling deeply in love with God through His Son our Lord Jesus Christ! I firmly believe it was my mother’s, Joshua’s, and Brother Arthur’s prayers that led God to deal with me in such a mighty way. None of us knew quite when God would choose. Funny how things are always in His time and by His Will! Our church has need of trained men of God for the various ministries we have, such as the Prison Ministry, Bible Study, Men Only Group, amongst others. I am called to be involved in these ministries, especially as a Prison Ministry leader.
Since then, God has called me to start my own ministry called Armor Of God Baptist Ministries which I’ve done in the State of Kentucky. I believe God has called me to run a ministry based upon a calling for a return to the basics of our faith and learning about, and how to use, the whole Armor of God as taught in Ephesians 6:10-18. This is how I came by the name of my ministry. I believe that God also wants me to focus on both other military veterans, such as myself and those incarcerated within our country’s prison and jail systems. That is how I came by the name ‘Soldier For Christ Ministries’ a sub-ministry of Armor Of God Baptist Ministries, Inc.
I am thankful that I found the Christian Leaders Institute where I can receive free ministry training to grow in my knowledge of the Lord and to better equip me for my ministry work and as a prison ministry leader. I pray daily that God will use me mightily to help, encourage, and arrange the meeting between the Lord and them so that they come to know Him as I do.
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Youth Ministry Leader
Hello, my name is Andrew Woodill. I am receiving youth ministry leader training at Christian Leaders Institute. I grew up in Northern British Columbia, Canada. I grew up in a broken home raised by a single mother. I have, six brothers and one sister, although I was only raised with four of my brothers. My mother was very faithful in bringing us to church almost every Sunday. I did not want to go as a child, but slowly I desired to know more about God.
When I was about ten years old my mother took us to a Bible camp. It was there late at night as I listened to a speaker talking about how Jesus died for my sins, that I heard the call of God. You see, growing up without a father in my life, I had never known the love of a father. But at that moment, I knew that I had a heavenly Father who loved me and still loves me to this day. Later, in my early teen years, I was baptized.
It’s been well over a decade that I have been walking with God and I know that He guides my feet. This last year I started a young men’s Bible study at our church with the help of a close friend and mentor. We strive to teach them how to walk honorably before God. It’s very close to my heart as most of the young men do not have a father figure in their lives, just as I did not. God has allowed me to use many of my experiences to help minister to them.
One last major blessing on my life is my wife, whom I married last year. In the short time we have been married, I have been blessed to have her in my life. She points me back to God on a regular basis. We continue to grow in faith and love not only with each other but with God as well.
My last two points are why I am interested in Christian Leaders Institute for free online training. As both a youth ministry leader and a husband, I want to grow my understanding of God’s word to both serve Him better and to be a more effective leader that God has called me to be.
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