Pastor Bible Education
My name is Sean Peffer. My brothers call me Breakdown. I am currently serving as a Chaplain in a national MC and I am receiving pastor Bible education at CLI. I was born in Pittsburgh and I still live in western Pennsylvania. I came to know Jesus when I was still a child, my parents had us in church regularly. When I got saved, I believed that was all that I needed, you know, I had my ticket to heaven and I could just live my life however I wanted and would go there when it was over. So that is how I was living.
A few years ago, my family went through some very troubled times and the Holy Spirit started challenging the way I was thinking about these things. He started showing me all the work that needs to be done in His Kingdom. He started revealing the plans that he has for me and I started paying attention. He placed some people in my life to further His cause and placed me in a position to serve as a Chaplain. I want to be the best that I can be in service to Him. I want to be prepared to possibly serve as a Pastor later on if that is the way that I am lead.
I am active in my local church and I have a lot of close friends in ministry. We support each other. I believe that taking this ministry training through Christian Leaders Institute will help me to be a better witness to those around me, both believers and nonbelievers. Not only will this build my confidence by increasing my knowledge of the Bible and church history but also my ability to relate to people.
I like the way this course emphasizes your walk with God and also the many other relationships, spouse, family, church and so on. I do spend time in my Bible and in prayer every day but also see the need to increase that time.
I believe that the church as a whole is sitting right on the edge of a great revival. The Bible tells us that the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. I believe that God is right now calling out and qualifying a great many workers because time is running short, I believe that I am one of those being called.
I am very grateful to have found CLI for my pastor Bible education, having looked into similar training online I have been unable to find any that I could afford. One day, this just popped up in my newsfeed and even though I was skeptical, I am glad that I took the time to finish this class. I look forward to continuing on.
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Minister Call Journey
My name is Maurice Kemp and I am on a minister call journey. I live in Pretoria, South Africa. I’m 23 years of age and married to my lovely wife Marlene Kemp. I grew up in a Christian family and we as a family went to church often, but I didn’t have a relationship with God. Life as a teenager became tough for me. I was never the boy who made trouble, but I was never the person who God wanted me to be. And at the age of 16, I gave my life to Christ. My life changed in a very good way, but it was never an easy road to walk. To be a Christian is the best road to walk but not the easiest.
I went on a few outreaches in South Africa with some of our church leaders in our church. When I was 17, God called me for church planting with a group of missionaries to Armenia. It was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. God showed me a lot, and I felt that I was called to full-time ministry in my life. After school, I did a Christian Potential and Character building year (Metamorpho) and God was busy working in my life.
After the Meta year, I went to an Adventure Lodge and started doing adventure camps with groups. That’s when I met my wife Marlene. I knew she was the one for me right from the start and we got married a year and a few months later. At that stage, I was working for her father and I was busy with my own stuff. Things didn’t work out for me and my wife on the farm and we moved to Pretoria.
After a few months in Pretoria, my wife and I started our own travel business. We felt strongly in our hearts that God was planning something amazing and very huge for us on this minister call journey. We struggled to find the right place where God wanted us. But God took us to the right place in the end, and we met amazing people. God used people from Christian Leaders Institute to encourage us to start our journey at CLI. I feel that God has a plan for me and my wife in full-time ministry. It’s really awesome to do the CLI course with my wife, and we pray and believe that God will guide us into the future and that we can learn from God and also from CLI. We LOVE JESUS and can’t wait to see what He has in store for us. Blessings!
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