Ministry training is for anyone who wants to join in the work of bringing the world back to God in revival. In some countries it it dangerous to do so. One of our students is found in the county of Pakistan. In that country it is forbidden that one would declare publicly that one has faith in Jesus. It is considered blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammed.
By: Shahrukh Hasan
Many of those who are discovered to be Christians find themselves facing harsh fines, imprisonment, or even murder.
Here in the United States, one man I know personally told me that if he were living in Pakistan – his home nation – he would have a life expectancy of only a few days if he were discovered to have abandoned his Islamic faith and to have become a Christian. Yet in spite of this danger, one of our students (I’ll call him Paul to protect his identity) is being trained to bring the good news of Jesus to the people of his land.
In Pakistan, over 96% of the population are followers of the Islamic faith, but Paul is a man of faith in Jesus. As he himself says, “We were six brothers and a sister. Four of my brothers have passed away. I am the youngest brother. We were a nominal Christian family. We used to go to church every Christmas and Easter day only. I have never been wanting even like to be a Pastor.” He goes on to say, “I had a sickness of pain in my chest. One day it was so severe that I could not deal with the pain at all. I do not know why, but I was crying to Lord Jesus, ‘Please heal me of this pain because since I am not a Muslim, I cannot go to a Doctor to consult about my sickness.’ Thank God, he replied to me with his voice, ‘Paul you are very far from me. You need to come to me.’ I surrendered myself to Jesus Christ; I confessed my sins. Praise the Lord He healed me of my pain! I do not have any sickness in my body since then.”.
Pakistan Online Bible School Needed
Paul’s family heritage is that his grandfather was a since follower of the Sikh faith. He intended for his children to follow in the same faith, but Paul’s father had heard of Jesus and decided to follow the Christian faith. He was a leader in his fellowship all the rest of his life. But Paul had hesitated to follow Jesus until his experience of the call of God came to him in his pain. Now he is in training to be a Christian Leader among his people in Pakistan. This Pakistan Online Bible School option at CLI is so needed!
Now , at age 53, Paul is in training so that, as he puts it, “God is using me for his glory for the deliverance of captives of a demon, the healing of sickness, and the preaching of the Lord’s Good News. I want reach to unreached peoples. In Pakistan, there are many areas where people live in poverty and are in destitute condition. They are waiting for men of God to be raised up, so that the lost can be evangelized and be discipled.”
Paul knows that God has a great harvest in Pakistan waiting for the message of Jesus Messiah. He wants to be used by God to bring in that harvest. Knowing that, we pray for the Lord of the Harvest to raise up even more Christian Leaders so that they can be the sowers of the seed of the kingdom of God. The Word cannot be contained when a man like Paul gets his training and continues to spread the word. It is like the parable of the yeast that Jesus told in Matthew 13. There Jesus says, “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.” We are eager to see people like Paul, called by God to be a leader among His people, bringing the good news little by little, until the whole world is filled with the knowledge of God.
Paul is receiving this training even though no Bible school would be allowed to operate in Pakistan. By means of the internet, CLI can provide Paul with the training he needs to faithfully proclaim the Word of God. We pray for protection to surround Paul and his family. We pray for support so that faithful servants like Paul are able to get the training they need without having to leave their homelands. We pray for courage for Paul in the difficult struggle that he faces as he tends to the flock that is in his care.
Pakistan Online Bible School is available Christians in Pakistan that needs training. This Pakistan Online Bible school is free of change and offers over 22 advanced ministry training courses.
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Port Harcourt has a population of over 1,000,000 people and is the 5th largest populated area in Nigeria. Port Harcourt was founded in 1913 to be a port for coal transportation. This port is now a key oil industry port for Nigeria. The religious make up of Port Harcourt is polarizing consisting of Christians, Muslims and Other Religions.
Christian Leaders Institute (CLI) is opening a Bible School in Port Harcourt beginning January 1, 2014. This Bible School in Port Harcourt will be a local Mentor Center or Study Center of CLI. An entire Bible school course of study will be available online, but students will gather at the study center to process their online education. This allows accountability and encouragement that brings online Bible training into a geographic location.
This study center is being started by local ordained leader Godswill Alao Jr. Godswill is a pastor of King’s Word Ministries in Port Harcourt. He began studying at CLI in May of 2012 and is a graduate of Christian Leaders Institute who is still progressing on to more 
advanced diplomas.
Godswill came to know the Lord from a personal encounter with Him after a period of seeking Him in fasting, studying and prayer. He writes, “It is my ministry dream with a burden for missions to nations in Africa and the unreached people of other nations preaching and declaring the saving power and grace of Jesus as a shinning light over a dark generation.”
Godswill Alao Jr. is called to begin a local study center of Christian Leaders Institute in Port Harcourt. After a time of vetting and conversation, CLI is pleased to authorize Godswill to offer this Bible School in Port Harcourt beginning in 2014.
This Bible School in Port Harcourt will function as an outlet of the online ministry training of Christian Leaders Institute. The Harcourt Study Center will have a governing board independent of Christian Leaders Institute.
Hybrid Bible School in Port Harcourt
This Bible School in Port Harcourt is a combination of web based learning with local mentoring relationships. Students will study on their own during the week. On the weekend students gather at the study center to process their learning. This process could include taking the insights learned in their online studies and bringing those insights into a mentoring environment. For instance, students can take the preaching class online. They can receive training online and now they have a local outlet in a local indigenous culture to process and practice what they have learned online. The web learning and local learning come together in this hybrid Bible School in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
If you are in the Port Harcourt area email livingprophet2000@yahoo.com
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Bible School Study Centers Everywhere
Christian Leaders Institute is seeking to offer Study Centers everywhere. Mentor Centers or Study Centers are being started with a local ordained leader who applies at CLI. Each study center or mentor center leader must meet certain qualification in order to start a center. Please email CLI president’s office at hreyenga@christianleaders.net to indicate your interest in starting a study center.
Syria is not a welcoming place for a calling into ministry. This Islamic country is struggling politically. Christianity is not technically illegal but it is discouraged in the cultural system. A calling into ministry is rare in a place like this. It is here on the road to Damascus that the apostle Paul encountered the voice of Jesus. It is here that he received his calling into ministry. As Paul neared Damascus on his journey to persecute Christians, “suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” (Acts 9:3-4) In an instant, Saul (Paul) became a new man. He met Jesus and Jesus changed him.
God still does miracles in Damascus. Hasem was watching porn in Damascus seven years ago when he was visited by God and given a calling into ministry instantly. Let him tell his story,
I have been involved for almost seven years in full time ministry after and amazing encounter with God as I was watching Porn. A voice called me to change the channel and as I did I stopped on an Arabic Christian TV program. I heard I felt the power of God touching me and I become a new creation without even knowing that at the beginning.
I started to read and study the Bible after the change happened in my life. I noticed from John chapter three that what is happened with me was the born again experience and I am glad that the Lord choose me for His glory.
God may be giving you a calling into ministry today. God still does miracles like this. Maybe God will do a miracle for you. What do you need from God? Even in places like Syria where Christianity is oppressed, God is calling people into ministry like Hasem. I have noticed that many of the students at Christian Leaders Institute have a story of how God stopped them on their journey to destruction. At one moment they are persecuting God, then God shows up and gives them a calling into ministry no matter where they live.
Recently, I was in Israel. I saw the wonder of what Herod built. I also learned how in control he was of that land. In tyrannical control he even tried to kill the newborn Jesus. But in a vision to Joseph and in fulfillment of a prophecy, Jesus was kept safe.
Calling into Ministry and YOU?
All the world’s power, wealth, philosophy, scientific illusions, political control, and religious oppressions can not stop the interruptions of God as he calls his leaders to proclaim his love and salvation. Is God’s speaking to your heart right now? Do you need to be healed? Are you called to a purpose higher than yourself? What are you going to do about it? Are you sensing the calling into ministry? Like our Facebook page