I am from Cameroon in Central Africa. Finding the Christian Leaders Institute, a Christian School for ministers, online has been an answer to my prayers (Learn more about online Bible courses, Click Here).
I was born on the 9th of December 1993 in Cameroon, a country located in central Africa. My parents separated when I was only nine, but that is when my encounter with the Lord really began. I was born into a family of three children, two sisters and myself. Things became tough and uncertain for me since I had no stable home. I had to be taken from home to home and couldn’t spend time with my parents as many children my age did.
My Salvation
However, my parent’s separation is how everything started for me with the Lord. At the age of 9, I was sent to my uncle’s house. He was a pastor and, before his conversion, he had been healed from an incurable disease. That really kindled my curiosity. During a prayer meeting and fasting program in my uncle’s church led by an assistant pastor, two incidences occurred. The first incident happened during the night program of prayer and fasting. The rain started falling on the whole congregation even though there was a ceiling covering the whole place. I could not understand what was going on. But today, I understand that God was revealing Himself to us in that spectacular way.
The second incidence was my baptism in the Holy Spirit in that very same period. One evening while roaming around the house, I felt something falling on me like fire. Then it started speaking in an unknown tongue. But several years later, I drifted from the faith and started living a wayward life very far from the Lord. I was full of anger and rage against everyone and my parents, in particular. I hated myself and really wanted to end my life by living recklessly. Nevertheless, I heard a small voice trying to convince me to abandon the life I lived. However, I needed the strength and encouragement to do it.
CLI: God Answered My Prayers With A Timely Training Platform
My hunger for God kept growing, and I came back home and started to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. Then, I married my beautiful wife with two beautiful daughters.
I discovered the Christian Leaders Institute while browsing the internet. I was looking for a Christian school for ministers to get better training. But, alas, it had been to no avail because the ones I wanted were really unaffordable for me.
Then, a CLI announcement appeared on my phone like an advertisement. I found the best thing that could ever happen to me. It is a tuition-free training program for ministers. I started with the classes, which I will keep following because of the high-quality training offered. To God be all the glory. You can not imagine how you are changing my entire life. God bless CLI!
Hi, my name is Stefani Quintata. My Chaplain ministry call from God has led me to study at the Christian Leaders Institute (Learn more about online Bible courses, Click Here). I’m so excited to begin this new journey.
I have been a real estate agent for almost 30 years. Both my parents are in real estate. And my husband is my business partner, also in real estate. We have five teenagers between us, a blended family. We worked really hard, and we love what we do.
Loving Transitions: Chaplain Ministry Call Beginning
About three years ago, I started a business, Loving Transitions. Primarily, I work with seniors and their families. I help them move, make estate sales, pack, find places to go to assisted living centers or other places, and sell their homes. I have become very close to these seniors and their families. Further, I continue to see them years later.
Recently, I had the privilege of witnessing to a couple of my clients as they were dying. I also spent time with their loved ones. I reassured in the steps that need to be taken to get through the ordeal. It was another God moment for me. I see such a need for someone to come alongside families, not only in business but also in spiritual matters.
My Chaplain Ministry Call Journey
I have been a Christian for as long as I can remember, saved when I was young at about 10 years old. I grew up Baptist. I’ve been a Bible study leader. I recently completed a leadership development academy course training at our local church in Albuquerque at Sagebrush. And I have recently started going to Calvary Church.
Through my studies at CLI, I want to get certified to be a chaplain. Then, I can help people in assisted living centers, be with families as their family members are passing away, and help in any way that I can. I also want to lead them to the Lord if they don’t already know Him to give them some peace. It will increase my ministry service at Loving Transitions as well.
I am excited to start this new journey! And I pray that as I follow God‘s lead, He will show me where I need to go and what needs to be done.
More About Myself
My hobbies include real estate, spending time with family and friends, and my children. I just got my daughter graduated from high school this week. My son is a senior at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix. My three stepdaughters are also in college studying various things. One is in marketing. One is going to be a nurse. The other hasn’t quite decided yet. I also love music and singing.
We are a very Jesus-centered household. But we also like to have a lot of fun. And you can do both. These days, where the world is getting darker and darker, we need to be a brighter and brighter light to the world. And that’s what I want to do.
My name is Oluwatoyin Abidemi Abiona. I am from Abeokuta Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria. Currently, I live in Ifo, Ogun State, and I am called to preach the gospel. Therefore, I am thankful for the Bible and ministry training at the Christian Leaders Institute (Learn more about online Bible courses, Click Here).
I was born into a Christian family. In our home, attending Sunday school is a must. Every Sunday evening, our dad called us to recite the memory verse we learned in the morning and briefly explain the text read. Your inability to do this may earn you some stroke of the cane from our dad, a strict disciplinarian. I wouldn’t say I liked being caned, so I was always the first person to get to my Sunday school class. This explains why, at age twelve, I could recite most Bible passages correctly. I was also familiar with the story of Jesus Christ.
My Ministry Call
In my teenage year, I developed a passion for Jesus Christ. I wanted to know Him more. This led me to read the Bible from cover to cover several times. I also was fond of reading every Christian book that came my way. In addition, I love to sing praises to God. So, I joined the choir and rose to become the choirmaster in my local church. Then, on May 1, 1989, I was lying on my bed when I had a vision in which I saw Jesus Christ. He told me that he had work for me to do and asked if I would do it. Of course, I answered in the affirmative. Then Jesus told me, “Go and preach the gospel to the world, heal the sick, and plant churches in my Name. I send you as a prophet to the world.”
My Gospel Band Ministry
However, as much as I had a passion for Jesus Christ and the church, I never thought I would be a pastor. I am naturally a shy person. Yet, I am more comfortable singing before an audience than addressing them. Hence, instead of starting a church, I formed a gospel band. The band was doing well. I was training the youth who would later become the vocal leaders or choirmasters in their various churches.
One day after rehearsal, my band members had left me behind in our rehearsal studio. Suddenly, I heard the Lord speaking to my heart, “Well done, my servant. You are training people to lead songs and choir in my church, but that is not what I called you to do. I called you to preach the gospel, heal the sick, and plant churches in my Name. I sent you as a prophet to the world.” Then, I said, “Lord, how can I be a pastor? Naturally, I am a shy person, and I don’t know how I will face speaking your Word to them. Why don’t you allow me to continue to sing?” He said, “I gave you the gift to sing to help you in your ministry.” Then I said with a tone of finality, “But, Lord, I don’t want to become a pastor.”
Travail
After this, I didn’t hear from Him again. So I thought that settled the case. But alas! That was the beginning of my travail. Within a few months, I mysteriously lost my lucrative job as an assistant maintenance officer in a multi-national company and everything I had ever worked for. My wife moved out of our house and took our daughter with her. She never returned until before her demise in 2017. I was ejected from my rented apartment. From the year 1996 – the year 2000, I lived in hell on earth. I had no house to live in and no job at hand. Friends and family deserted me. I wished to die, but I don’t know what stopped me from committing suicide.
Saved by God’s Grace
Then, in the first quarter of the year 2000, I came across a former colleague who was a born-again Christian. He was surprised to see me in such a pitiful position. After hearing my story, he told me that my problems would be over if I gave my life to Jesus and answered his call. He took me to his pastor, who led me to Jesus. The day I confessed Jesus as my Lord and Savior and told Him that I would truly serve Him, I began to experience peace in my mind. I was and am truly born again. I was discipled for 18months under the pastor who led me to Jesus.
Answering God’s Call
Now I know that I can not run away from the work of the Master. In the year 2010, the Holy Spirit directed me to join a gospel church. For three years, I served Jesus wholeheartedly in almost every department in that church. Then, in 2013, the Lord put it in my mind to go out and start the ministry he called me to. This time, I was ready to do the work even though I wasted over twenty years before.
Finally, I started the church on August 23, 2015, at Ifo, a rural town in Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria. Being a person passionate about acquiring more knowledge, I knew I needed ministry training. Training would qualify me to answer my ministry calling and that I would not teach heresy. So I proposed going to Bible School but couldn’t bear the expense, considering that I am still struggling as a pioneer pastor.
Bible and Ministry Training at CLI
With the Holy Spirit’s help, I began to check on the internet for free Bible and ministry training. Thank God I came across Christian Leaders Institute. Going through the Getting Started class proved that I really need this Bible and ministry training more than anything. Already I have learned many new topics, which ordinarily I would not know if I was not at CLI. I want to thank President Henry Reyenga and the CLI staff for giving me this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. God bless CLI, CLI, and CLA!