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War Veteran

War Veteran Receiving Ministry Training

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…
An Addict Redeemed

An Addict Redeemed

An Addict Redeemed After two DUI's and dark addiction, this CLI student is now an addict redeemed and is seeking ministry training to reach addicts. Read this student's story below: I was born in Virginia in 1994. I am my parents’ middle…
Debt-free ministry training

Debt-Free Ministry Training

Debt-Free Ministry Training Seven in 10 seniors (69%) who graduated from public and nonprofit colleges in 2014 had student loan debt, with an average of $28,950 per borrower. According to State by State data  in the USA. Due to this huge…
Prison Chaplain

Prison Chaplain

 Prison Chaplain Jeff Deakins is training at CLI so he can have the knowledge to be a prison Chaplain and touch the lost souls he sees at the prison he works at. Read Deakins story below in his own words My name is Jeff Deakins, and I am…
Calling for Ministry Training

Calling for Ministry Training

A Calling for Ministry Training Brenda Duff-Izaguirre is surrounded by violence, drugs and destruction. With all this sin around her, she has gotten a calling for ministry training to reach the youth of her community. "I am a Mexican-American,…
Ordained for Women's ministry

Ordained for Women's Ministry

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Ordained for Women's Ministry Charmaine Coetzee is a woman with a purpose she is focused in and didn't let anyone or anything stop her from being ordained for women's ministry in South Africa. "I was brought up in a Christian home, and my…

Christian Leaders Enterprise

Christian Leaders Enterprise Yesterday, president of CLI Henry Reyenga and Steve Elzinga, who will be the dean of the new Christian Leaders Enterprise Program, met to discuss the details of that program. The Christian Leaders Enterprise…

Ordained Leader

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Ordained Leader After starting Faith and God Ministry in Atlanta Georgia, Michael Vertner felt the deep desire to gain more formal education and become an ordained leader to aid him in ministry. "I started this ministry [Faith and God Ministry]…

Anchored Home by the Father's Call - a Revival Story

God has given each of us a revival story. For some of us, it's a story about coming back to God after straying. For others, it's an experience of coming to God after years of not knowing him. Benjamin's revival story is one of wandering away…