Evangelism Ministry Education
My name is David Louden and I am receiving free evangelism ministry education with Christian Leaders Institute. I live in Cape Coral, Florida. I have lived in Florida my whole life and came back home recently to be closer to my family. My wife is from Miami and is currently a social worker. I attended both community college and university and received my associate of arts degree as well as some additional schooling from the US Navy in the nuclear engineering program. After leaving the navy, I had no real interest in returning to any more college due to how expensive it is and found a job in the service industry. Recently I came across Christian Leaders Institute and I saw an opportunity that I otherwise would not have in being able to study without accumulating massive student debt.
I grew up in the church. When I was young I attended a Christian school from kindergarten through eighth grade and then continued to a Catholic high school. Throughout my years growing up, I saw and learned many things. I was able to observe teachers, staff, pastors, mentors, children, and students all coexisting in the same environment. I thought that the institutions were good, the structure made sense, and it was successful at providing certain things to people. There are regular church services, small groups, mentoring, and counseling that you can find for almost any group or walk of life. Living in the United States as a Christian is really good compared to a lot of places around the world that aren’t as free. Here you don’t have to worry about extreme persecution and can freely worship.
My dream for ministry is to free the captives, declaring liberty to slaves, heal the sick, and speak the good news of God’s kingdom to people. I’m a simple man and I wish for my ministry to be simple as well. The connection class has renewed my interest in Bible study as far as how it interacts with my various relationships. It showed how it can function for not just my individual walk, but my marriage as well and how it can ripple out to the rest of the world.
Right now, I think that I identify most with small group leader but I also have a pull toward evangelism. I love the opportunity to meet with a small group of people and get into a good conversation about deep topics. This allows for the whole group to develop and pick apart things that may be causing problems.
My pull toward ministry was always in the back of my mind until just recently where it became a major focus for me. I was fed up with the normal day in, day out pattern that I was going through. I was sick of nothing changing and I felt pretty dead like I was missing something. I came across a couple ideas that really changed how I look at things and I think the change has only just begun. I want to take this call as far as it will allow and see the depths that legitimate belief and evangelism ministry education will take me.
Connecting to the Bible has changed how I read it. Instead of going through large amounts, I take a small section or maybe even just a couple verses and read it over and over and digest it. My goal now when I read is to make it a part of me and let it change me from the inside out. My food now is believing what God has to say about me and to me through his word.
My church and family have both been a great help in getting me to where I am today. They helped provide a good foundation for me to stand on as I grew up and they continue to be a source of love and support regardless of where I am. It is great having a built-in group of people that I can bounce ideas off of.
A scholarship to CLI would be an amazing blessing to me, enabling me to study without the financial limitations that I would otherwise experience at a traditional school. It would provide me with the flexibility to study whenever I am able and to move at my own pace, which is amazing compared to most programs. The ability to access high-quality evangelism ministry education provided out of generosity is something that I didn’t know could exist until I found CLI.
Please pray that I experience the full revelation of Christ in me, that I am able to take Him to the world and allow the Holy Spirit to work through me to accomplish His will.
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Ministry Dream Training
My name is Jacob Tarver and I am receiving ministry dream training at CLI. I live in the state of Georgia in the United States. In my life, I have felt the calling of Christ to be an evangelist. I feel drawn to perform musically and to speak the gospel of Jesus Christ to individuals, small groups, large groups and even massive stadiums. My calling has led me into a realm of study and discovery of where God has fit me into his divine plan. What I have discovered in God’s calling for me is that I will start a “move church” of people who go out and preach in new locations once a month and spend the other three Sundays in-house. I want to make every “remote” service a full-fledged service. The entire congregation who would normally attend would use their spiritual gifts to disciple to the public. The people who normally wouldn’t come to church will see God’s hand at work in the streets in a full-service makeup. The reason I feel that God is calling me this way is that I have always been blessed with the ability to speak well, learn information well, evangelize and captivate people with the word of God and the Gospel spoken in a way that they will understand.
As a child, my parents recognized God’s call in my life before I even knew Christ personally. At the age of eleven, I surrendered myself to the Lord and was saved. I can’t say that I have always been in the will of God since we all stray, but until I was 25, I didn’t know what God’s call in my life truly was. I am 30 now and I have once again surrendered to the Lord and believe now what I stated earlier. These classes at Christian Leaders Institute will equip me for this calling on my life.
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Sound Ministry Training
Grace to you. I’m Florentina Tahimik and I’m here at Christian Leaders Institute to receive sound ministry training and to pursue an understanding of God’s Word for a deeper relationship with my Lord and Savior- the Lord Jesus Christ. My husband Joel Tahimik is also a student here at CLI. The Lord has trusted us with three children. I’m active duty military stationed in South Korea.
I was born and raised in Manila, Philippines. I grew up Catholic, ingrained in religious tradition, and actively participated in youth groups. I was enrolled in an all-girls Catholic school where Catholic doctrine was taught as part of the curriculum. One lesson that I will never forget up to this day was the explanation presented to us regarding the feeding of the five thousand in our religion class. Our teacher who was also a nun told the class that the miracle of the feeding was not that Jesus was able to multiply the bread and fish rather it was of “sharing” the bread because the Jews always travel with provisions. At my young age, I was dumbfounded at her explanation. I knew that I did not accept that explanation and the pursuit to know the Lord Jesus Christ began. I went from one church to another. I read the only Bible in our house, which was really just the New Testament. I was surprised that the first four books I read were just like each other (the gospels). In the university I enrolled in, there were some students who were offering to study the Bible for free. I grabbed that opportunity and was soon a part of that religious organization. In my naivety, I was again deceived and self-deceived with false doctrine that looks like, smells like, feels like the real one but is not.
Thankfully, God in His graciousness, opened my eyes, enlightened my mind and heart to the truth and accurate teaching of the Word of God. There were some life-changing events that precipitated for me to finally understand sound doctrine. Being granted a scholarship at CLI will be a wonderful blessing. Not only will I be able to grow in the doctrines of grace, but also discover the ministry that God has allotted for me to do. (Ephesians 2:10).
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