CLI student Jason Corbeil
Canada Ministry Training Free
Hello! My name is Jason Corbeil. I live in Ontario, Canada. I am excited to receive this Canada ministry training free of charge.
Canada is a fantastic country, full of beautiful lands and people of multicultural descent. Those involved in Ministry in Canada face many challenges as in other parts of the world today, but also enjoy the freedom to express themselves without fear of persecution.
I grew up in a Christian home and went to church as I grew up. My family fell away from the church when I was around 12 years old. Upon turning the age of 18, I felt the urge of God return to church and have felt a strong call on my life ever since. I have often questioned this “call” I have felt and have put things off and focussed on other things for many years.
However, this feeling of being called still exists and seems to be growing stronger as I get older.
I am now forty years old and do not believe I can let the opportunity to obtain the training from Christian Leaders Institute pass me by. The Lord has been more than gracious to me. My life verse is Jeremiah 29: 11 “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope”.
My ministry dream has been something I have had since I was abut 18 years old. The thought of standing at a pulpit and teaching others about Jesus Christ has long been something I have felt called to do. Unfortunately, life has thrown a few curveballs, and I have not had the opportunity to pursue this dream for many years until CLI made its way into my life.
I have helped with many different church programs over the years. My wife and I have been Youth Group Leaders and Sunday School Superintendents. We have taught at Daily Vacation Bible School for many years.
I believe that I identify the most with the word “Pastor”, as I feel that one needs to be ordained as a Pastor to be viewed as worthy to teach others about Christ. It is not an absolute necessity but does give one more credibility amongst unbelievers.
If I had to choose one key experience in my life that prompted me to pursue ministry, it would have to be when I was still in youth group. A group of men from our church attended the Promise Keepers “Stand in the Gap” march in Washington D.C. back in the mid-1990’s. It was an awesome experience hearing thousands upon thousands of men singing praises to God outdoors acapella. It was a very moving time for me!
Living in rural Ontario, poses some unique challenges. There are many local churches nearby, and most have Pastoral staff already entrusted to lead their congregations. Our town, is a small one, and there is a lot of poverty here as well. Yes, even in Canada, there are many of those who do not have many resources to maintain even basic needs.
A scholarship at CLI is tremendously important to me because, as a family man, I would otherwise not be financially able to pursue the studies that CLI has to offer anywhere else. I have looked into various schools over some years and have not been able to begin studies. Thanks for this Canada ministry training free of change.
I would appreciate prayers for my ability to keep up my studies while at the same time, working fulltime to support my family.
The Lord has blessed me greatly over the years. I pray that He will use me as an instrument to bless others.
Student Cliff Gonzalez enrolled at Christian Leaders Institute to fulfill his dreams of starting a ministry! Free Ministry Starting courses are helping Cliff achieve his goals and dreams! Here is his story…
Free Ministry Starting Courses – Cliff’s Story
Hi my name is Cliff Gonzalez, I am 46 yrs old and reside in the United States, along with my beautiful wife and three children. I was raised in a Christian home, my parents introduced me and my three siblings to God at birth. I dream of an online ministry (for starters) that reaches all over the world. I would love to spread the word of God, hold bible studies and prayer sessions, give marriage advise/counseling to people all over the world.
As I have gotten older and wiser, I have felt this calling, this need to learn more, be more for my family, friends and fellow man. I want them all to experience that happiness and love, that the Lord has planted in my heart. How empowering it makes you feel when you allow the Holy Spirit to guide you in all your decisions. How no matter how difficult times may seem, there is always greatness to look forward to …hope.
I friends and family have supported me, but most important of all my wife has been behind me all the way. Without her support I would not have been able to accomplish all that I have accomplished. My siblings are also religious, so they also have been of great support with my calling.
A scholarship from C.L.I. would be such a blessing for me because I would love to make all these dreams of starting a ministry, a reality. I request for prayers so that one day my ministry comes to be, prayers for the Holy Spirit to continue to guide me, prayers that I maintain my heart open so I can hear our Lord speak to me, prayers of gratitude for all the blessings God has given me, prayers for me to be strong and fall into temptations, prayers for God to speak and work through me.
Thank you C.L.I., I am very grateful for this opportunity and God Bless you all!
Christian Leaders Institute’s student Simon Twine enrolled at CLI to utilize Free Africa Ministry Training to start a ministry in his small African village. Here is his story…
Free Africa Ministry Training – Simon’s Story
My names are Simon Twine, age 33 and I am a married man. A pastor of a church called Jesus Christ Is Lord Worship Centre, in a village called Butaleja which is found in Eastern Uganda that is East Africa. I am a Ugandan by nationality. Jesus Christ is the Lord of my life and I have known the Holy Spirit for about 15 years I got to know him when i was still in secondary school. It’s such a great feeling to know what you are created for. Life starts to have a lot of meaning.
1. To God be the Glory. I am a Ugandan by Nationality, Which is known as the pearl of Africa. I am living in Uganda in the capital city called Kampala. Uganda has had different level of transformation in leadership from the 60s which affected born again Christian because they were being persecuted because of their faith. Now there is freedom of worship and we have seen grate Evangelists, servant of God visiting the nation. Although much is still required to do the work of God.
2. Since my childhood there has been this Grace of God upon my life of having that fact or awareness that God is real. So one time, I was taken to church by my aunt and I felt that sense of belonging in the house of God. Ever since than I have loved being taught the word of God and now I understanding that Jesus Christ the Anointed one is my Saver.
3. I may have to be specific; the Lord has called me to be a light that shines out for others to see for His only Glory. (Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shines before men that they may see your moral excellence and your praiseworthy, noble, and good deeds and recognize and honor and praise and glorify your Father Who is in heaven.)
4. I should be identified as a Pastor at the moment, because I have sheep to take care of, which were given to me by the Lord. And it’s in my divine calling to oversee some Christian believes, helping them grow into strong spiritual man and woman of God.
5. The key experience in my life for ministry lies in my individual life with God. Whereby I have gone through silent moments inspired by God to a point of understanding His divine calling upon my life that’s to say that I am a vessel of honor, and the responsibility that is a head me to influence His children in and out of the world to know who He Is to them.
6. The church I pastor I located in eastern Ugandan, in a place called Butaleja which is well known for strong traditional beliefs which include a lot of witchcraft practice and populated with Muslims. To add to that challenges here also include; people being primitive of the Word of God even to some Christians, They follow Christ and believe in witchcraft as well plus it being a village which is 5 hours’ drive from the capital city with bad road network.
7. They stand with me in prayer and encouraging the believers to continue standing with me so that the work of God goes on. Some of them have provide me with study materials that’s to good Christian books to help me learn more about ministry.
8. My family stands with me through the challenges of ministering since my church is a long way from my home. They also prayer for the ministry for God to use it to reach many people in the community.
9. Having a ministry in an African village, in a 3rd world country, is very challenging. Most people are not educated to the basic level, but yet I am called to do the work of God in them. As an individual, I don’t have that Christian leadership knowledge besides that divine call upon my life and I couldn’t even support myself through any bible school. Yet I passionately desire to learn more. For that cause, when I got to know about CLI, i joined immediately.
So training me, means training a village to impact the nation.
10. What an opportunity of having brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus standing with in from thousands of miles away. It’s my kind request to officially ask of you to join us in praying for the work God that He has trusted us with to accomplish in the village of Butaleja. Asking the Lord to facilitate and establish us fully as vessels of honor for His own Glory.