Radio Ministry
My name is Kimberly J. Carson and I have a radio ministry dream and call. I am currently living in the United States of America. I was born in Okinawa, Japan. My father was stationed there as an officer in the US Army and my mother was a teacher of English. I am the younger of two daughters. My family moved back to the states and my father began his second tour in Vietnam. My first memories are of my mother being upset because my father was severely wounded on the battlefield. He was in the hospital for 11 months and almost died several times. Even as a young child I heard my mother pray for him and our family.
I don’t think there was ever a time in my life that I didn’t believe in God. I had health problems and spent a lot of time at home as a child sick and unable to go to school. I had a lot of time to ponder existence and why I was always sick and caught every childhood disease, but my sister never caught anything. Not even chickenpox. I learned about having a more personal relationship with God when I was in high school. At the time, I didn’t quite understand how very different that was from just believing in God and that Jesus was real and had died for my sins. I gave my life to Christ when I was in college and then began studying the Bible for myself. I married while still in college and my husband and I joined a church with a strong young adult ministry and thus began my personal journey with my Lord. My husband died shortly thereafter in a car accident. Our daughter was only 6 months old and I was only 25. I then had to search my heart and I realized if I truly believed what I confessed then, I had to have faith and know that my husband was with the Lord. I trusted God with my very life and strived to become the woman that He would have me be.
Fast forward to now, many years later, I can look back on my journey and see how God has used each situation in my life to bring me ever closer to Him and His will for me. I was encouraged by my church leadership to become a worship leader in my church and eventually lead the drama ministry. God gave me an opportunity to share my love for music, the creative arts and my love for Him in a new way. I am the creator and host of a radio show that shares inspirational jazz music to a global audience. During my show, I share things that God has placed in my heart for His people. My radio ministry dream is to expand my radio show into a website and blog to share scripture and music to bring people closer to God and provide a source, of peace, joy, hope, and love for those who are seeking.
With my day job (I am an IT consultant) and my radio gig, I do not have the time to attend a traditional theological seminary. But I am feeling and accepting the music ministry call that God has placed in my life, and I realize that I need more knowledge and training to be even more effective in people’s lives. When sharing with others about my love of the Lord and what I have learned on my walk, I have had various people ask me if I am a Pastor. This made me laugh and smile because God has a funny way of showing me what His will is for me. I am blessed to have found the Christian Leaders Institute and look forward to all that God has for me and His blessed children.
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Christian Leader Call
My name is Joshua Webster and I have a Christian leader call on my life. I live in the United States of America and I work in law enforcement. I was born and raised in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. As a child growing up in this big city of excitement and partying, I always felt like something was wrong about the activity that took place here. As I grew older in age, I started to understand why I felt the way I did. I noticed my interests in life were pretty much the complete opposite of everyone else around me. While crime and sinful behavior grabbed the attention of others, my interest grew stronger in Christianity and the works of God. I felt a growing desire to learn more about living for Jesus Christ and making an impact in my community here in New Orleans.
I was blessed when I found Christian Leaders Institute online. Free ministry training at Christian Leaders Institute has built my confidence. My Christian leader call is being strengthened daily. This education equips me with the proper training and tools needed to pursue my dream of being a Christian leader in my church and community. With the scholarship provided by Christian Leaders Institute, I can now start my journey towards being the solution to the issues in my city and community instead of adding to the problem. I desire to be a witness for Christ and to make a difference for Christ in my home, my church, and my community. I pray that God will continue to lead and guide me on this Christian leader call and journey to help and save His people. And all God’s people say, “Amen!”
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Ministry Knowledge
My name is Ryan Stokes and I am seeking ministry knowledge and training at Christian Leaders Institute. I am currently located in the southeastern region of the United States in Louisiana, close to the Mississippi State line. It seems the media and our leaders have all but gotten away from allowing any Christ-centered education, literature, etc to be publicized. People are more worried about offending someone or some other culture than they are with trying to lead someone to eternal life through Jesus Christ.
I came to know the Lord at an early age. I was raised in a typical southern Christian home, we attended church on Sundays and Wednesdays and I was always involved with the many activities for the children and youth growing up. I was a young pre-teen when I heard the testimony of one of the youths in our church about what had touched her heart on a youth trip they had just returned from. This testimony touched me in a way that I will always remember, triggering me to give my life to the Lord.
My ministry dream is to somehow make the Gospel available to all. Just as I have found this amazing training online at Christian Leaders Institute, I think it would be possible to reach out to the lost souls of the world in some of the same ways. I guess you could say my dream in ministry is to reach as many people as possible and to lead as many people as I can to the Lord. To help coach them on how to be better Christians and then how they themselves can effectively lead others to Christ. Imagine how amazing that would be!
This class has shown me new, more effective ways to study my Bible, to lead my family in devotions and to be a better leader for them and anyone around me. I am just starting my education and my confidence in Christ is growing. I cannot wait to see where it is when I complete my training, and even long after. I would have to say I identify more with the title of Pastor at this time. I feel compelled at the moment to gear my ministry toward the youth with everything that’s going on in the Country as they will be our future leaders. But at the same time, I want to share the Gospel with all ages.
The experience that really prompted me into ministry I think may be pretty unique. As I mentioned earlier I grew up in a Christian household. As we grew older, my older brother strayed away from God, actually claiming to be an Atheist. Trying to talk to him about it made me feel uncomfortable because it seemed as though he had researched and learned so much (of course, this was all in favor of atheism) and I had not. This concerned me so much that I began studying and learning everything I could as I sought to gain Biblical and ministry knowledge. Even studying atheism, so that I could see it from his perspective and ultimately find a more effective way to lead him to Christ. Somewhere in the middle of all my studying, I felt a calling to Ministry. It seemed what I was doing was just right.
My scholarship at CLI will greatly impact the ministry knowledge I can gain to further my ministry dream. Without it, I don’t see a time in the near future that I could obtain any education even close to it. Please pray for my understanding and patience as I continue my education to better my ministry. Pray that I will always stay strong and continue to receive support where I need it the most. That I will always humble myself and allow Christ to use me as he sees fit. May I always remember that His will, not mine, be done.
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