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Free Life Skills Class – Become a Stronger and Healthier You 

by Professor: Dr. David Feddes

You are part of God’s special operations. Your mission is to reclaim the world for Christ. You have been saved and called to help. This class is about helping you to become a stronger and healthier you. This free life skills class is perfect for living a more confident and healthy life!

This free life skills class gives you Biblical insights and practical knowledge that make you stronger for your mission. Each topic is applied to your spiritual, physical, financial, intellectual, emotional, relational, and vocational dimensions of life.

Dr. David Feddes will bring you through the crucial areas of total fitness for you to thrive in leading others.

You will Learn and Grow in this free life skills class 

  1. Total fitness: hear God’s call to embrace practical wisdom and discipline for strengthening the whole person.
  2. Spiritual fitness: draw near to God and stand stronger against Satan through spiritual disciplines.
  3. Physical fitness: know why the body matters to God, improve bodily health, and use body language well.
  4. Financial fitness: earn a good living, escape debt, build wealth, honor God and bless others with money.
  5. Intellectual fitness: build healthy curiosity, sharp thinking, lifelong study, and courage to stand for truth,
  6. Emotional fitness: learn to face feelings honestly and discover God working through emotions.
  7. Relational fitness: heal from past relational wrongs and wounds, and interact with others in a wise and godly manner
  8. Vocational fitness: pursue God’s calling for job, career, and other tasks.

You are welcome to take this free life skills Class supported by generous vision partners. These vision partners include blessed Christian Leaders Institute Graduates, Kingdom-minded Christians and Foundations, and others.

Begin your free life skills course now! You will begin by taking a Getting Started Orientation class. Then you are encouraged to enroll in the Christian Leaders Connection Class which helps you get situated at Christian Leaders Institute. You are also free to immediately take this Total Fitness class by Dr. David Feddes.

Other Opportunities:

More Ministry Training Classes and Programs -These Ministry training programs will fuel your calling and increase your impact. Gather digital mission credentials or order official awards. These credentials are perfect for local ministry opportunities and ordination.

Ordination – Completing free classes opens you up to an ordination opportunity that is both locally and globally recognized with the Christian Leaders Alliance. Check out how you can become an Ordained Christian Leader. Low fees apply for ordination packages.

College Degree –  Earn your College Degree – Use your Christian Leaders Institute free classes for collegiate credentials. Earn certificates, diplomas and degrees. Low administration fees apply.

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Reaching a hidden world – In Deaf Ministry

Deaf Ministry

Deaf Ministry

CLI student, Stephen Persinger, is reaching a hidden world as he describes it. In order to reach this world Persinger has started a deaf ministry.

Read Persinger’s story below:

God knew what he was doing when I became deaf at 9 months old. He placed me into this hidden world, that is, the deaf world. Since then, I’ve become very involved with the deaf community, and their culture. I also became fluent in American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate with many deaf people, and with family and friends.

I grew up in a Christian family and decided to accept Jesus as my savior when I went to a Christian youth retreat when I was a teenager. Later during high school and college, I got sidetracked. During that time, I prayed for a good day every morning. That’s all I prayed for until God sent a good friend into my life and woke me up from an apathy lifestyle. I realized my mistake and ever since then my hunger for God has continued to grow.

At the time, I was living in Rochester, NY. I completed my degree in Criminal Justice and met my wife, Mercy. It was obvious that God placed my wife and I together for His will to be done. Both of our hearts are hungry for His Word, and His powerful presence.

In June 2014, we went to World Deaf Assembly of God (WDAG) conference in San Francisco. At the end of the conference, I was offered a job in Salt Lake City (SLC) in Utah. My wife was very uneasy because it was out of our comfort zone on the East coast. A few days after the conference, God clearly showed us that He wanted us there in SLC by pouring peace on both of our hearts, and obvious words of confirmation from God through a Deaf pastor who knew absolutely nothing about the job offer. We decided to take this leap of faith to obey our Heavenly Father and accepted the job offer and move there. Two fast weeks later, we moved there. Now we can see why God sent us here. The deaf community here is so hungry for the words of God. Some are quite confused about what to believe in. Some are hurt and scarred from religion. Some are deceived. The big challenge in this state is the large number of Mormons also known as Latter-Day Saints (LDS). Therefore, there’s a large number of deaf Mormons which makes it challenging. To us, it looks like a giant mountain that seems impossible to cross, but we know God is even more enormous and to Him, the size of that mountain is like the size of an ant. He can do the impossible, as long we follow and obey Him.

Since I moved to Utah, I was surprised to see that there are very few true Christians in the deaf community. They are so spread out, so there’s no dedicated church for the deaf. That’s when I’ve discovered God’s desire to start a deaf ministry in Salt Lake City. I’m often told, “Why don’t you become a pastor?”. I have been resistant to the idea of becoming a pastor, because I do not enjoy speaking in front of large audience, but it is possible God wants me to be a pastor. If that’s what He actually wants, I will obey. I found a deaf pastor in Minnesota who worked with the deaf community there for many years, and he agreed to mentor me.

Since I moved to Utah, I was surprised to see that there are very few true Christians in the deaf community. They are so spread out, so there’s no dedicated church for the deaf. That’s when I’ve discovered God’s desire to start a deaf ministry in Salt Lake City. I’m often told, “Why don’t you become a pastor?”. I have been resistant to the idea of becoming a pastor, because I do not enjoy speaking in front of large audience, but it is possible God wants me to be a pastor. If that’s what He actually wants, I will obey. I found a deaf pastor in Minnesota who worked with the deaf community there for many years, and he agreed to mentor me.

The CLI scholarship will allow me to receive the training I need without adding to the financial burden, and since it’s all online, it’ll give me the flexibility I need with my busy schedule. Please pray for our deaf ministry here in Utah and that the people here will be enlightened and receive the full Gospel. Pray that God will send the right people to help set up the backbone of the church and create a secure foundation in the real Jesus Christ for a strong outreach to the community. Pray that Holy Spirit will continue to lead us with wisdom and discernment.

“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” Matthew 4:19

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War Veteran Receiving Ministry Training

War Veteran

War Veteran Receiving Ministry Training

Phillip Lewis is a war veteran receiving ministry training at CLI to minister to the large population of war veterans in his area.

Lewis is a Silver Vision Partner with CLI because he wants to be a part of making free ministry possible worldwide. 

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My name is Phillip Lewis. I live in the United States in Portage Indiana. I came to know the Lord back in 1992 before I graduated from high school. I backslid off and on for many years. I was called into ministry when I was in the program Teen Challenge, but I was still not spiritually ready or even mature enough at that point in my life.

I believe my calling is to help disabled Veterans, as I am one myself from the Iraq war, and also to those people who are suffering. I believe the word that would best describe me is an evangelist, or minister because I want to minister to people and share with them the joy of Jesus Christ.

The key experiences in my life that have called me into service was my time in teen challenge and my combat experience in Iraq. In my opinion, the veteran populace does not have the support that it needs from civilians, just due to the fact they cannot relate to combat experience like someone who’s been there. The unique challenges I face where I live is there is a high veteran population and hardly any services for them. I did start a small group called independent veterans Society of Indiana but was unable to keep it running. The local church Garington Covenant helped out by letting us use their basement for the group, as far as getting help with ministry training I have had no help.

My wife is very supportive of my calling, and she says I would make a good pastor. The scholarship Christian leaders Institute would provide will be helpful, due to the fact I am on a fixed income. I can learn at a faster pace as well since I have a lot of time on my hands. I would ask that you pray for my health and that God will open the right doors for me and put people in my life that are filled with his spirit.

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