Kenya Ministry Training Dream
Hello and greetings in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord! My name is Allan Maingi and I am following my Kenya ministry training dream at Christian Leaders Institute. I live in Kahawa West in Nairobi, Kenya. I am the last of nine children. My father was a prison warden but passed away in October 2016. My mother is a civil servant to the Kenyan government. I was born to Christian parents and was brought up to serve the Lord. However, I made my decision to really serve the Lord in my teens, when I was in secondary school. I grew up in the prison staff compound area which gave us a challenge especially in walking with Christ Jesus.
I currently teach Sunday school children, sing in the choir, and I’m a volunteer with two Christian Organizations, Alpha Trust Kenya and Bible League International Kenya. I am currently a member of the staff of Christian Center Network which is working to equip the incarcerated with Biblical knowledge through World Harvest Bible College.
I am pursuing this course with Christian Leaders Institute for my own spiritual benefit and to strengthen my relationship with the Lord. These classes are already helping me with this. I also desire to be an equipped leader in my local church. I want to be a person who builds others up into becoming mature believers in Christ Jesus our Lord.
My prayer is that I will be ready and equipped for whatever the Lord wants me to do and wherever he calls me to go. As I also train to be a secondary school teacher, it is my humble prayer that I will forever walk close to Him and be in His perfect and unconditional will.
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United Kingdom Ministry Journey
My name is Nancy Amponsah Adjei and I am receiving Christian education at Christian Leaders Institute on this United Kingdom ministry journey. I live in Mitcham in the United Kingdom. I am married with many children but two biological sons. I was born in the mission house in Ghana, and grew up in a Christian environment, going to church morning and evening every day until I was eighteen years old.
Later, I became a Muslim. I am a giver by nature and any time I have something I share it and I do it with a passion. So I worked hard to convert people to the Muslim faith. Anytime they were doing something, I made sure to organize the women and do something to help. This pleased the leaders in the community, so they wanted me to go to Saudi Arabia for training so that I could understand the religion very well. They took all the details they needed from me to get me a traveling document. It was my tenth year in that religion. A day before my traveling, I told them I was not interested and I left the Islamic faith.
After two years, a friend of mine told me to look for a Christian church to attend. That advice turned my life around. I sat down and prepared a lot of questions for any church that I would go to because I wanted to know more details of anything that I was doing. I just want to know more about Jesus so that I can share. My local church has been supportive of my calling. They allow me to preach morning and evening services and lead the adult Bible studies in the evenings as well as in the house group. They feel that anyone who has a calling should have a chance to practice it.
I am eager to learn more about God at Christian Leaders Institute through my studies here. I hope to grow in knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in my ministry. Thank you for this educational opportunity.
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Free Ministry Training Journey
I am on a free ministry training journey at Christian Leaders Institute. I was born in Barranquilla, Colombia and am the oldest of four children. I grew up in a Catholic home. My great grand uncle was monsignor Carlos Valiente who was the builder and founder of the first cathedral in my city, the first school for poor children, and also a hospital. I always went to Catholic school and learned from the priest. It was at the end of my teenage years that I went to a Christian event in my city with Pastor Yiye Ávila from Puerto Rico. It was the first time I witnessed a complete stadium full of people praying so devoted and happy. That to me was a very exciting moment and also to hear the Bible for the first time openly preached that my heart never forgot the experience. (Personal note: Until 1999, the Catholic priest would not teach you 100% based on the Bible, and in fact, I will never forget the two times a priest told my whole class, and I quote, “If you read the Bible you go crazy.”)
In 2005, I was hired to work with a company called Eternal Pictures, to produce and distribute Christian movies, documentaries, and animations. Soon I was invited to go to a service at Calvary Chapel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and I just remember I was overwhelmed with love for Jesus. As soon as I was asked if I wanted to give my life to Him, I said, “Yes without a doubt.” I started going to church more often, got baptized and participated in many Bible study groups and also started with another Christian brother an addiction study group.
I sensed God calling me into ministry in 2014 and I was avoiding the call. Everything went down the drain in my life (just like Jonah) to the point I was asked for a divorce (for no reason), my business started to go bad, I started drinking, and I struggled with my desire to go back into a business versus God calling me into ministry. I reasoned with myself that as a believer in Jesus at the end of my days He would not condemn me for continuing my path in business. And in my heart, I promised to be faithful in tithing when the good job came. Then when finally I gave up the alcohol and my weaknesses, the Lord started turning everything back to me. A good job came and I joined Christian Leaders Institute on my free ministry training journey.
The call to serve in ministry was still upon my heart. Eventually, I moved on from working in various jobs but with feelings of not belonging, being very unhappy and my life stagnant.
When I finally started to study at CLI, it was like all the crying, all the wailing, and all the begging to our Jesus to forgive me for not listening was finally heard and the blessings started to come little by little.
I stopped drinking for good (the Lord showed me the worst of the addiction), joined a gym and started to work in Real Estate again. My eyes have been open wide, my heart is loaded with happiness, and my mind is guided by the Word all day long. I feel like Jesus made me a brand new creature and with all my senses, my heart, and my mind waiting for his order to serve wherever he wants me to.
I really appreciate with all my heart, the fact that the Lord used CLI to show me my path and my spiritual freedom again. I will never forget it. These are the best days of my life.
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