Hi, I am a student of LAMP, an organization in Sri Lanka for education, including Christian studies. I was fortunate to enroll in Christian Leaders Institute (CLI) mission ministry education (Learn more about online Bible courses, Click Here) through LAMP. I thank God for the opportunity.
Born to devoted Christian parents, I grew up in a Christian home. But in my life, I went through many challenges from experiencing deaths, sicknesses, and financial difficulties. So, in my youth life, I completely walked away from the path of Salvation. But, praise God, He was so loving and merciful to accept me back into His family in 2010.
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What God Expects From Me
Since then, God is calling me to help the needy and suffering (Matthew 25:35-36). Therefore, I am to build myself up as a good steward for His kingdom (Genesis 2:15) with a mission ministry education at Christian Leaders Institute. God has entrusted me to be a steward of a social entrepreneurial mission. I am to share His love with society and the marketplace. This mission is called SALT – Social Alliance for Love and Trust.
I thank my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, for His blessings. I also thank my parents, family, mentors, and everyone who had been helping me to grow in spirit and character. As a result, today, I live free in every area of my life (Proverbs 22:4). I have three adorable children: Rovein, Ruvin, Shahendri, and an awesome wife named Roshelle who sacrificially supports me.
I pray that those who read this note, the staff and students of CLI and LAMP, will grow in God’s grace. Even to go further and share God’s Love with every single person.
I am Evangeline Lydia. I am studying at the Christian Leaders Institute to prepare for my call to Bible translation (Learn more about online Bible courses, Click Here). Further, I plan to get my online Bachelor’s degree at CLI’s Leadership Excellence School.
My Early Life
My birth was in the year 2002 in the city of Coimbatore, India, to Godly parents. I completed my 12th grade in the year 2020. I have a sibling who is younger than me. From an early age, my parents taught me the ways of God. I accepted Jesus as my Savior and Head at a very early age by asking Jesus into my life. As my parents were in ministry from childhood, I went to Sunday School and attended all the prayer gatherings in our churches. In the year 2012, by the grace of God, we migrated from Tamil Nadu to Orissa. God helped me to learn the language of that state, Oriya, within three months.
Total Surrender
Even though I was a daughter of a very Godly minister of God, I had some sins in my life that I did not come away from. On the 6th January 2014, when I was in 6th grade, we went to a convention to help them work there. We also attended prayer, where I confessed all my sins and asked God and my parents for forgiveness. Afterward, I had a different type of Joy that I cannot express in words. That was the night I gave my life fully to the Lord Jesus.
From that time, I felt a call for God’s work in many of the passages that I read and the messages at the church. So acts 1:8 came as a promise verse to me in the year 2015. It is a habit in our church to take a promise verse for that particular year. And I was praying to God to take me to the ministry where He wanted me.
My Calling and Study at CLI/CLI
In 2017, my family again migrated from Orissa to Tamil Nadu. In 2018, there was a prayer request for translators of the Bible in one of the prayers. I felt God calling me to that ministry, and I prayed to God and told my parents about the burden on my heart.
I wanted to study for a Master of Arts in Bible Translation. However, a Bachelor’s degree was needed first, which would take three years to complete if I went to seminary. However, when we were checking online, we found the Christian Leaders Institute for tuition-free Bible courses. Further, the CLI’s Leadership Excellence School offers a low-cost online Bachelor’s degree. This made me happy. I also praised God for His grace and am pursuing a divinity degree.
Would you please pray for me that the desire God has put in my heart to reach the unreached and give them a Bible in their mother tongue will be fulfilled? Also, please pray for God’s name to be glorified through me in all the places I go and in all the things I do in the future. So, may the name of Jesus Christ be exalted High!
GOLF EVANGELISM COURSE
Are you a Christian called to do ministry in your community? Are you a golfer, or do you want to learn how to play golf? Do you want to integrate ministry with golfing? Are you looking for a golf evangelism course that will help you enjoy golf more and give you tips on ministering to others?
Golf has been gaining popularity as a pastime over the last century. For those with the interest and the opportunity to play golf, it can not only be relaxing and fun but an opportunity for ministry.
Few games have the networking opportunity that golf affords for you to build relationships and share ministry when invited to do so.
Since a young age, Professors Henry Reyenga and Steve Elzinga have been golfers and have seen the fruits of golfing with others and the possibilities for ministry. They have seen how golf easily integrates with ministry to the community. They share the teaching that will make you more confident and competent in sharing your faith while you enjoy playing golf.
This tuition-free Golf Evangelism Course will also teach you how to golf or golf better. Professors Henry Reyenga and Steve Elzinga reviewed many golf materials on the internet. There are tens of thousands of free resources on learning golf! After careful consideration, they chose the Paul Wilson approach. He teaches golf at Bears Best in Las Vegas, Nevada.
This Golf Evangelism Course links to the YouTube Videos of Paul Wilson, who we believe teaches golf understandably. We recommend that you go through all the videos carefully to get a mental framework for making golf shots. Of course, if you already play golf, we recommend the same thing if you want to check out Wilson’s approach.
This Golfing Evangelism mini-course will be helpful if you are an active Christian, a volunteer, part-time, or full-time Christian leader in ministry.
COURSE OUTCOMES
- Learn the basic game of golf, the rules, and the etiquette.
- Learn the people-smart skills that will make golf fun for you and others.
- Gain valuable insight into how the game of golf has many interesting metaphors for ministry and evangelism.
- Learn about methods of evangelism that work well with the game of golf and the golfing community.
- Learn the basics of the golf swing.
- Get insights into swinging woods and irons.
- Develop more confidence in your short game and putting game.
- Learn how to overcome the common golf swing flaws.
- Learn how life and evangelism connect in a group of diverse people.
Christian Leaders Institute thanks Paul Wilson for his three decades of teaching golf. If you really advance in the game, we recommend getting more golfing assistance at the Paul Wilson golf website. Click here.
HOW DO I SIGN UP?
Step 1 – Register for a free account.
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Step 2 – Complete the Getting Started Registration Activity
The welcome activity will take you less than 15 minutes to complete. You will learn the basics of completing courses at Christian Leaders Institute. You are encouraged to complete a basic profile.
Step 3 – Enroll in mini-courses or regular courses.
The Getting Started Registration Activity shows you how to enroll in courses and mini-courses.