Erick Florez is 28 and lives in Panama City, Panama. Panama is booming with economic growth. The Panama Canal is bring updated for bigger ships and much foreign capital has been flowing into Panama. There is a stunning opportunity for the gospel to spread. The need for leaders is increasing and most ministry training has become very expensive. There needs to be a high quality free Bible School in Panama. Christian Leaders Institute seeks to be that ministry training institution.
Erick was raised in a Christian family. He writes,
I grew up in a Christian family. My grandparents are the senior pastors in the church. Although I know the gospel from my childhood, I was away from God for a few years until God was in my search and He caught me with his grace and mercy. He drew me close to him by letting me understand the greatness of his awesome mercy.
I want to serve the Lord with my entire heart. I know God is calling me to preach and to be a leader in my church. God wants to do great things through our church so many people can know Jesus, build a relationship with him and praise God for the things he has done. My main dream is to build a strong Worship Ministry at our church. For many reasons it has weakened. I also want to teach people how to build a personal relationship with God in a practical way, how to go beyond belief to convictions. I want to be useful for church in as many areas as possible.
Free Bible School in Panama Gives Opportunities
Erick finds that Christian Leaders Institute solves two problems for him. First, this Bible School in Panama is free. The other schools are expensive and those options are not financially possible for him. The second problem is that he really needed an online Bible School so he could get the training he needed in his time frame. Erick said,
It has been a blessing to find CLI, I was praying for the opportunity to study in a Bible Institute to get prepared for ministry, but unfortunately the options we have here in Panama are too expensive for my actual budget. The other issue I have is time, so having the opportunity to get prepared online works great for me. I really appreciate having a scholarship from CLI because based on what I have seen so far, I am convinced that I am going to get well prepared. You can be sure that I am totally committed.
Christian Leaders Institute is solving ministry training challenges all over the world. Thousands of new students are signing up every month to receive this online ministry training. New students will immediately begin by taking the Getting Started Class that examines their calling into ministry, their walk with God and knowing basic Christian doctrines. After this Getting Started Class, students are awarded their first certificate called the Christian Basic Certificate. New students world wide are encouraged to find a local mentor to help them process their ministry training journey.
If you are in Panama and understand English, this free Bible school in Panama might be right for you!
Montserrat is a lovely island in the Caribbean. Montserrat has been ravaged by an active volcano for the past 18 years, so much so that only one-third of the island is habitable. Just over 5,000 people still live on this island. About two thirds of the population fled when the active volcano destroyed the capital city of St. George. Montserrat is very poor with the per capita income of its residents very low. This is a place that needs Christ. The island is so remote and poor. How is this island going to be able to support a high quality Bible School?
The Internet has allowed CLI to offer a free Montserrat Bible School for the people of this island. A student of Christian Leaders Institute who has already received the Christian Basics Certificate is Toney Allen of Montserrat. He has been married for over 12 years and has twin boys. Tony has been serving the Lord for over the past 21 years. He wrote,
I have been serving the Lord with gladness and I have no regrets when a girlfriend who was a Christian invited me to church that Sunday in October in 1992. For it was at that quarterly service that Jesus miraculously transformed my life. To God be the glory!
Free Montserrat Bible School Needed
As a result of the work of Christ in Toney’s life, his dream is to see many souls experience this same transforming power of the Holy Spirit in their lives. Over the years, the Lord has been moving Toney from one position to another. First, youth leader, then deacon, then board member, then assistant pastor, and then pastor.
Toney is motivated and called to ministry. He said,
I have been driven by a deep passion to see souls be translated out of the kingdom of darkness and into the Kingdom of God’s dear Son. In my own life I was lost and destined to hell and if the Lord didn’t save me when He did maybe I might have been lost for all eternity! I knew I had to pursue ministry to be “a voice of one crying in the wilderness prepare ye the way of The Lord.”
I recognize that a lot of people in my nation seem to think that they are saved and are on their way to heaven even though they continue living as they please. Hearts have become hardened to the Gospel because they have heard it so many times before. Nevertheless, I continue to proclaim the Good News.
What support does Toney need to be an effective revival leader in Montserrat? He needs CLI a Bible School in his area. He could not afford leaving the island for seminary. The church needs him to stay here. Because CLI offers online free ministry training it is part of a free Montserrat Bible School that brings high quality ministry training to him.
Toney is thankful that CLI is further equipping him with the necessary skills to be a more effective shepherd of the flock that God has committed into his care, and to play his part in fulfilling the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20).
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Martin Luther King Jr. fought to bring freedom from racial oppression. He preached that freedom in Christ also meant that everyone “would not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” Now over fifty years later, there is still oppression. There is still racial injustice. There are other kinds of injustice too. Why should the rich and connected only receive high quality Bible schooling? Jesus preached freedom for the captives. He offered the opportunity for ministry training to very poor fisherman. Jesus gave his disciples a free high quality Bible school indeed. There will never be such a free high quality Bible school again!
Free High Quality Bible School Freedom Fighter
I believe that every Christian who is called into ministry should be free to receive the opportunity for a free high quality Bible School everywhere. In Atlanta, Georgia the ministry home of Martin Luther King, Jr., Coasta Graham is a thirty year 
old single mother.
My name is Coasta Graham. I am 30 years old, and a single mother residing in Atlanta, GA, USA. It is a joy to live here and have the freedom to openly share Christ and be a blessing to others in our communities. The challenges I see in my area are that there are many false prophets who have caused harm to the people, and that many have hardened their hearts to receiving the word of God because they don’t know who to trust.
Growing up in a Christian environment, Coasta gave her life to Christ at the age of 12 years old. Upon graduation from high school, she enlisted into the United States Army as a Chaplain’s Assistant. A chaplain’s assistant provides much-needed support to the chaplain during missions and everyday activities. A chaplain assistant’s primary purpose is support for the unit ministry team programs and worship services. She performed this duty for three and a half years.
While, living in Atlanta, Georgia – Coasta has volunteered in her church in various departments including being a Children’s Church teacher for two years. She enjoys encouraging others and being a help in ministry there. She currently uses social media to encourage others through Facebook, Instagram, Blogging and Twitter.
Besides volunteering in her church, Coasta serves in her community as well. She has always had a big heart for people and is always looking for ways to enrich their lives. She is a modern day freedom fighter for Christ.
Sadness struck her life in 2011. Coasta went through a divorce. But this divorce changed her spiritual life and started her on a trail into ministry. She said,
I decided to take my walk seriously and have since attended various Christian classes to be more knowledgeable of the word of God and to increase my faith. Recently, I accepted my calling into ministry with the support of my pastor. My ministry goals are to be fully equipped for the work of the Lord to share the Gospel to the world in all ways that are possible, so that all will come to know Him and seek salvation.
Coasta is very grateful to Christian Leaders Institute for providing a free high quality Bible school for her. This will allow her and others like her who are called into the ministry the opportunity to learn all that they need to know, to be better equipped for the work of the Lord. As a single parent, she is the only provider for her child. It would be unlikely for her to receive high quality ministry training if Christian Leaders Institute did not provide a free high quality Bible school for her.
Coasta wrote,
A scholarship is important for me to have because otherwise it would make it difficult to be done. So, I am grateful for CLI for offering such a program to those who truly want to build up the Kingdom of GOD; by saving souls all around the world who may not have the money or the ability to afford to attend a traditional school setting otherwise. I ask that CLI would pray that I as well as all the men and women of God be guided by the Holy Spirit in all that we do without wavering in faith and causing no man to stumble.
I honestly believe we need to break the barriers down to allow every called Christian everywhere the opportunity to enroll in a free high quality Bible school. My dream is that this free high quality Bible school thrives in Atlanta, Georgia USA. My dream is that this high quality ministry training is available in the remote places of Africa where the claims of Christ redeem peoples mired in poverty and religious confusion. My dream is that Christ freedom fighters will be raised up in Europe who have an opportunity at this free high quality Bible school even though they are usually unlikely candidates for ministry training. I believe that those in Pakistan deserve a high quality Bible school and I want to give them this opportunity.
I also believe that eventually this movement for a high quality Bible school will be supported primarily by the leaders who are raised up! The one dollar gifts are coming in from our freedom fighter students. We will keep our budget lower but keep our standards high so that everyone gets an opportunity to be equipped with the tools of real freedom.
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