“Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free.” -Psalm 118:5
Free Bible School for the Free in Christ
A free bible school seems to be highly needed for a world where roughly 3 billion people live in poverty. We have a burning desire to work in ministry, but we are also faced with many financial challenges that make it difficult for most to attend a seminary college. This is where Christian Leaders Institute steps in and teaches those who can not afford to receive training through a seminary by providing a free bible school for anybody who wishes to become an ordained minister, a commissioned pastor, a church planter, an evangelizer, a missionary, and more. The courses have been put together by those who have already attended a seminary college so you receive top quality ministry training. All class work is done online with reading material and videos for the lessons provided. Every bit of our free bible school is truly free!
Read the testimony of one of our students receiving her free bible school education through CLI.
Free Bible School for the Freed Sissy Frost
My name is Sissy Frost and I am FREE in every sense of the word. I live in Indianapolis, Indiana – the absolute heart of America, land of the free. I just recently got out of a relationship of almost 6 years that was abusive mentally as well as spiritually. I am free. I have cut ties with a family that were hurtful and abusive and have told me most of my life how horrible I was and laughed in my face when I said anything of importance from my heart. I am free. In December 2012, I was born again by the Holy Spirit and my eyes were opened. I am saved, I am free!
My childhood was not spectacular. Littered with memories of abuse, the death of my father, being horribly overweight and feeling as if I did not matter. I turned to cutting and became suicidal for much of my teens and twenties. God was never mentioned in my home at all. I felt totally and utterly alone and wished daily to just die. I enjoyed school because it meant being away from the pain of home, and I did well. I graduated with two full-ride scholarships to go to my local university. I attended one year there before realizing I could not take it any longer. I always identified as a lesbian and had had a girlfriend throughout much of high school. While in that first year of college, I met a woman eleven years older than me on the internet. Without ever having met her face to face, I packed my belongings in a garbage bag and ran away to be with her in Pennsylvania, leaving both scholarships and all the hurt behind me. So I thought.
While in Pennsylvania, I attempted suicide many times and spent many weeks in mental institutions. One time that sticks out in my mind now reminds me that even then – even before I accepted God, He saved me. I had gathered up every pill in the house in a bag and ran out the door. I drove to a hotel and decided to rent a room where I would take every pill. I handed the cashier my discover card but it was declined. I then passed over my Visa card, again declined. I got back in my car and drove aimlessly deciding on if I should just take the pills in the car when flashing lights behind me let me know the police had found me and were taking me back to the psychiatric ward for suicidal intentions. I called the next day to see why my cards were declined. The answer was that they should not have been. Thank you Jesus. I did not thank you then, but you knew there were greater plans for me!
After eleven years of the same thing, in and out of psychiatric wards, living the gay lifestyle, I decided I needed out. I packed up and came back to Indiana to start over again. I almost immediately met a guy who promised me the moon and stars and I moved in. The relationship was never perfect, but about 3 years in I decided to change my life. I felt “something” leading me. I had NO idea at the time it was God. I lost 100 lbs and changed my diet totally. I was a diabetic taking 4 shots a day, and through diet and exercise became totally healthy, no medications needed. That put the first big strain on the relationship since he was a big guy with no intentions of losing weight or exercising. What eventually broke everything was when that same feeling that led me to get healthy led me to a church.
I was at the end of my rope and once again suicidal when a friend asked me to go to church. I had nothing to lose, so I accepted her offer. I attended a small church and sat in the very back not speaking to anyone, but the words went straight to my heart. I came back the next Sunday, and the next. I would cry on the way to the church, I would cry during the sermon, I cried all the way home. I listened intently and agreed with everything said, but still did not know how to believe. I was trying! Then it happened.
One night after being at the gym I was driving home and – BOOM – out of nowhere everything changed. It felt as if a scrub brush entered the top of my head and scrubbed every dot of doubt from every inch of my soul. I KNEW I had been saved. I KNEW I was reborn. I KNEW God was real. All within 5 seconds! I wanted to learn everything I could. I read the Bible cover to cover in three months. I read every Christian book I could get my hands on, and watched every Christian movie. I went from not knowing what Easter was, (I just thought it was the Easter Bunny) to understanding what an amazing thing Jesus did for me.
I now want to devote my entire life to sharing this amazing news with everyone who is hurting like I was. I have nothing to hold me down now and stop me from my dreams. I AM FREE. I have distanced myself from family who hurt me, and gained an amazing church family who show me love and support like I have never known. I AM FREE. Even without money, I have found a way to learn through CLI’s free bible school and get the training needed to minister to others. I AM FREE. Thank you JESUS I AM FREE.
Free Bible School For Everybody
Do you have the desire to make changes to our broken world? Then enroll today with Christian Leaders Institute to receive online ministry training at our free bible school. Let CLI train you to be a leader in Christ! Click here to be directed to our application page. Also, check us out on facebook to learn more about our students and free bible school!
Receive Pastoral Ministry Training To Impact The World
It doesn’t take research to analyze the world in where it stands today with God. It’s quite easy to see how we are living in a fallen world. Because of our God-given free will, we have a choice. Some will be satisfied just trying to get themselves right in the eyes of the Lord, but others will want to reach out and try to win them over to Christ. The need for this has always been there, but this couldn’t be a better time in the world we live in today.
Can Pastoral Ministry Training Really Be Free?
With Christian Leaders Institute, we provide our pastoral ministry training absolutely free to every student who wishes to enroll. This is done by gracious donors who donate to our cause. Not everybody can afford seminary colleges. Nor do they have ways to relocate many miles from home to attend a seminary college. Which makes CLI a blessing for many since our classes are also done online! Students can also donate any amount of money they wish to, however this is not a requirement to receive pastoral ministry training through Christian Leaders Institute.
Here is one of our many students taking full use of our pastoral ministry training. Truly an amazing story and CLI is blessed to teach Edward so he can achieve his ministry dreams!
Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. My name is Elder Edward L. Smith of the United States and I hale from Emmanuel Way of the Cross Church in Virginia Beach, Va. where the honorable Bishop Fred E. Hill is my pastor. I came to know The Lord at the age of twelve years old, at a revival service lead by now Bishop Jean Castel of Living Word in the Tabernacle. I began my journey as a minister in February of 2000 and have gone through many trials since. It is truly by the grace of the Lord that I am where I am today.
I have been blessed to do ministry all over the world and if there ever was a time that we needed the Lord, it is now. The adversary is busy not only in the world but also in the church. For as many believers that are being drawn to the church there are just as many running from it. This Spirit has been fueled with a strong hopelessness that is broadcast across our televisions everyday.
It is with these truths in mind that I am sharing my ministerial dream of leading a revolutionary revival for fallen believers and non believers. I believe that the time has come for the sleepers to awake and take back, reclaim, and revitalize through the Spirit of God that which has been stolen from us. The Lord has laid it upon my heart to birth a ministry without walls whose impact will be felt long after the initial starters are gone home. He has opened my eyes and filled my heart with openness & understanding for young couples, men and women, who have been disillusioned by the current day representation Church of the living God as well as false teachings propagated by society, but yet they still have a hope and desire to do the will of the Lord (ex. Feeding and clothing the homeless, helping battered women and providing a safe place for teenagers) and to learn His will for their Lives.
As a young man of faith, living in this time of the great falling away, in the middle of modern day Babylon, the Lord has given me unction to create a house of refuge for young brothers and sisters who have been lost by the way side. To provide an environment that is conducive to the spiritual development and maturity of young believers, a place of freedom, from self-righteous judgment and spiritual hardiness. Most of all a place they can call “Home”.
The word Pastor applies more to the call and mandate on my life. The inward yearning for shepherding the lost, broken, and confused is great upon me. My heart pours out to these brothers and sisters because I was once one of them. I have been the sinner getting saved for the first time, the backslider drawn out by temptation, the leader judging those who fell, the leader being judged because I fell, the scorner of the visionary, and the visionary being scorned for trusting the vision God has given unto me. God has blessed me through my trials to develop a sensitivity to the process of redemption and restoration through revitalizing power of Gods love. I am a living witness!
To do ministry in my area is difficult because the over saturation of churches and the birthing of mega churches . I believe in proper alignments, but when denomination seems more like spiritual gangs and reasons not to come together it can be very discouraging. Leaders blocking and stopping the growth of other leaders without thinking through the complete spiritual ramifications of their fleshly doings. Racial segregation on Sundays is so high that to worship with someone of another ethnic background seems strange. We need the help of the Lord Jesus.
My Pastor and church are fully supporting my pursuit into pastoral ministry training. My wife and children will be joining me on this journey. We are blessing God for the corporate call and mandate on our household. We are prayerfully moving forward every day. We bless God for Christian Leaders Institute for opening its doors and providing high quality Christian education for bi-vocational leaders with their pastoral ministry training classes. I am so thankful for the opportunity to be trained and will use the tools in the pastoral ministry training of future leaders in my ministry. Thank you and God Bless you greatly!
Is Pastoral Ministry Training In Your Future?
CLI encourages all who have a passion for pastoral ministry training to enroll. Click here to begin your pastoral ministry training! You can begin the getting started class immediately after signing up! Also read more about us and our students on facebook! God bless.
Pastoral Leadership Training A Necessity For The Youth
Through the juvenile court system, the United States incarcerates more of its youth than any other country in the world. In 2002, approximately 126,000 juveniles were incarcerated in youth detention facilities alone. With an astonishing 500,000 brought into detention centers in a given year. That is just too many of our youth in need of an introduction to a Savior.
How many teenagers do you know that are actively pursuing a life with God? For most of us, there’s not many that we can name. For the most part, teenagers and kids today would much rather be consumed with the things of the world than sit in a pew. We live in a godless generation where God is no longer desired, sought after, or made our first love. So how do we reach our youth? Authentic love. That love that is truly genuine. That love where when someone feels that no one will listen to them, you can be that one person who says, “I will.” Through love, and authentic love, the love that Jesus was truly about…may walls and guards be torn down. Let people see our light and profess, I want what they’ve got. Let us love! Without love, we will lose many battles. We will lose our youth. With pastoral leadership training, Christian Leaders Institute can equip you with guiding our youth today.
Here is the testimony of one of our students receiving pastoral leadership training. He has a passionate heart towards the youth and he is ready to reach them.
Pastoral Leadership Training Desired By Mark Younghans
My name is Mark Younghans. I am from the United States of America. Born and raised in St Paul, Minnesota. I did not grow up in a Christian home. I don’t remember ever seeing someone pray or read the bible outside of church, unless it was prayer before Thanksgiving and Christmas meals. I am the youngest of 3 kids. We were sent to church more as a daycare, but we stopped going when my older siblings got to the independent age around 16. I started going again when I was around 16 and started driving myself. I had grown up in the same church, but my faith was never real to me. I lived like the world, ASSUMED that I was forgiven so I could live in my sins. Christianity did not become real to me until after I graduated from college, started a job, opened a business, bought a house and partied like there was no tomorrow. One day I realized how much God had blessed me with. I was 22, 23 years old and I showed God no appreciation for what He had done for me, no appreciation for where He had brought me from in my neighborhood and where He brought me to with success.
After graduating college and coming back to St Paul, I started attending my old church again. One day the pastor gave a sermon on there needs to be a clear difference between believers and none believers. At that time, I had a guy working for me who was an atheist, with demonic tattoos skulls, snakes, grim reapers all over his body. We worked 40-60 hours a week together and then partied 1 to 3 nights a week, got drunk, messed with girls, got into fights. There was no difference between me and him and I showed him no reason to want to get to know God or to come to church. The Holy Spirit led me to start changing. First, I gave up smoking weed. Then drinking like I was and then sex. It has been a rough road, a roller coaster, up and down, left and right. But God is good always. I have my degree in Corrections and minor in sociology. With it, I work with kids that are locked up 6-9 months for various crimes. I’ve been there part-time since I graduated 5 and a half years ago. I am a Licensed real estate agent and real estate investor. I have a few side business ventures that I do from time to time such as house moves labor. God has definitely placed a spirit of entrepreneurship in me. Finding a balance, or really keeping God fully in first place, family next, and business next is a struggle sometimes.
In ministry, God led me to start a ministry called “Get 2 know God.” I started a youtube channel to post bible studies, sermons and spoken word videos. Prior to this, I worked with few leaders and we created a program called God’s Gangsters, reaching out to inner city youth. This was a live conference call that took place every Tuesday night, where anyone in the US could call into this line and hear a 15 minute service. Which included key information and tips, music and a 7-10 minute sermon. And that is where my preaching started. I started the youtube channel, writing sermons, and doing bible studies on video. After doing this for over a year, my church had a need where our pastor up and quit. On Dec 23, 2013, I went to church with the intent of saying good bye and letting everyone know I was leaving. Reason was differences in opinion between me and the pastor and his leadership. Also, because my ex girlfriend. The two situations were causing issues and it felt like the right time to leave. The pastor to a certain extent begged me not to leave, said he needed me for the new year, that I was a worker and listened to him. He talked me out of leaving the church. The next week was my birthday, I was not in church and had a full day planned. He quit that next Sunday, Dec. 29th, 2013. He did not say good bye to the congregation. After the service he gave the keys to another leader and said he was done. The following Sunday, we had a church meeting with the head of our church conference. He asked us what do we want to do? Either close the church, try and bring in a another pastor (two had quit within the past 2 years which really effected the young people), or to use what we have which meant Pastor/leader Cookie be the lead pastor of our church and I help her preach 2 to 3 times a month. I accepted the challenge. That started in January 2014, so 7 months in and it has been a journey. My goals are to be a better well rounded servant of God. To gain wisdom and knowledge through the Holy Spirit to better explain and preach the word of God. I felt called to start a youth church since I was 22. Currently our church is small 15-25 people plus kids, and they are mainly youth 19-27. I am walking through doors as God opens them.
Pastoral Leadership Training Through Christian Leaders Institute
God reopened this door to CLI. I started it over a year ago but was too busy and never made it through the first course. God has revealed to me through about 4 different people confirming that I should get pastoral leadership training. Even a few strangers, so it had to be the Spirit working. Getting pastoral leadership training through CLI will give me the opportunity to follow along this path and walk through the doors God is opening. There is no way I would be able to commit to seminary right now if I had to pay out of pocket for it. So this program to receive my pastoral leadership training is offering me the chance to move forward with Gods call right now.
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