Hello everyone! My name is Cindy Ellams. Answering God’s Life Coach Minister call, I am studying at Christian Leaders Institute to learn more about God and the Bible (Learn more about online Bible classes, Click Here). I am from Canada. Since childhood, I moved around in Canada a bit and have recently found my home location in Vernon, British Columbia. I am married and have been with my husband since I was 22. We have a little boy named Safi who is currently 3 and a half.
My Journey to New Age
Due to difficult home life, I decided to move out on my own when I was 16 years old. I also dropped out of high school simultaneously. I was a good student and could achieve high grades when I applied myself. However, the struggle of home life was too much for me to really care about education at that time. I did go back over the course of a few years.
During my early twenties, I mostly found work as a receptionist at an accounting firm and a chiropractic clinic. I eventually pursued self-employment in the “new age/new thought” arena as an energy healer and transformational coach. I was into all of this since I was very young. At the time, it seemed like a natural fit. I worked for myself and built up my own clientele from 2012 till I let it all go in 2021. I had developed a good reputation in this arena with loyal clients. Also, I was doing some public speaking and facilitating transformational healing classes and workshops. I had the vision to build a strong career in the healing and transformational movement as a public figure.
Jesus Changed Me
That all changed in October of 2020. In October 2020, I had been in a rut and was experiencing very subtle waves of depression and simply feeling lost. I had reread a metaphysical book called “The Nine Faces of Christ.” This book is about a new-age version of Jesus. The thing is that I always loved Jesus. In the new age movement, Jesus is considered one of the master teachers, but this is obviously a false and distorted version of Jesus.
This love of Jesus was never instilled into me by anyone that I can remember. There were no influences that taught me about Jesus. He was just always there. After re-reading this book, it gave me the drive to study what Christianity was all about. I started to check it out, and that was when everything changed. I felt the true presence of Jesus in my life. He started showing me how everything that I was into was demonic.
My Tortured Journey to Jesus
I got pregnant in December 2016 with my first and only child. In January 2017, I started getting demonic attacks and demonically tormented. About a month before getting pregnant, I had done a San Pedro ceremony where I consumed a large amount of San Pedro cactus which is hallucinogenic. It was a very bad experience for me. From my current vantage point, along with everything else I was doing in my life, I believe I opened a major demonic doorway at this time.
The torment would come and go throughout my pregnancy but took on a whole new level when my son was born. It was extremely severe for the first year and a half of his life (I won’t go into the details here). It started to ease afterward but would still come and go.
Deliverance through Jesus
By the time October 2020 came, I had exhausted every avenue (other than Jesus) of healing my life from this torment and other things. Nothing worked, and I was at a dead end. This is when Jesus came and revealed to me the truth of everything I was involved in. How it was inviting the devil masquerading as“an angel of light” to be firmly rooted in my life.
Since then, I have been on and off in spiritual warfare. I experienced true drastic transformation and much deliverance. However, there is still a little way to go. I am part of a church of wonderful people who are well aware of my situation. They are helping me through this until I see complete deliverance and victory in my life. I know in full faith that it is just a matter of God’s timing.
Life Coach Minister Call and Study at CLI
I am so grateful to Christian Leaders Institute because you have been part of my journey of getting closer to God and experiencing true transformation. I feel a Life Coach Minister call on my life from God. Also, I want to focus on deliverance ministry because it has been such a big part of my journey. At some point, when I am a little further down the path, I would like to speak to people who are immersed in the “new age/new thought” movement and share Jesus with them: the true biblical Jesus as I now know Him.
I would not be able to get this kind of education at this time without Christian Leaders Institute. I had to let go of my income through my clients. With a very small amount of study time, I take care of my son full time and am going down the homeschool path. Thank you, CLI, from the bottom of my Jesus-loving heart. You are in my prayers.
My name is Albert Tonye, and I am excited to receive ministry life coaching training at the Christian Leaders Institute (Learn more about online Bible classes, Click Here). A Cameroonian living in Abuja-Nigeria since 2013. I am married to Evelyn. We have three children. Actually, I am a French language teacher and a Sunday School teacher in a local church. I was rescued and saved by God to serve Him. This is my story.
My Youth
I was born in Cameroon in 1985. The last born of a family of six, I am the only son. I was four when my father died. My mother, accused by her in-laws of killing her husband, was sent out of our house with all of us. Without our father, our only support, life became hard. Seeing my mother and sisters doing all sorts of things for us to have a meal every day is something I can never forget.
My mother was a Protestant who wasn’t going regularly to church. We were going to church only on rare occasions like Christmas or Easter. We had regular family devotionals where we mostly praised and worshiped God with songs and prayer. At age 12, I lost two of my sisters in a mysterious way. I was the only one going to school because my mother couldn’t afford to pay school fees for all of us.
Challenges
Years later, I got admission to study chemistry at the university in September 2005. It was one of the rare moments of celebration in the family. In January 2006, my mother died. A few months later, the elder of the family died too. My world crumbled. For more than 5 months, I didn’t go to school. I wanted to die and didn’t want contact with anybody. I became alcoholic, rebellious, living in bitterness and sorrows. To please my sisters, who were devastated by the situation, I returned to school. I drank more and added smoking and fornication.
In 2008, after I miraculously survived a train accident, I knew that God is real. He wanted me to be alive. After any sinful act, I could hear a voice, asking me: “When are you going to stop doing this?” I didn’t know how to stop. I was not happy with the way I was living.
Saved by Grace
Then, I met one of my father’s relatives. She told me stories about how my dad helped her. She gave me support and advice. One day, she invited me to know her house. The day I went to her house there was a church service going on in the parlor. Being very skeptical about Pentecostal churches, I decided to stay outside and wait till the end of the service. Sitting outside, I felt peace of mind during the praise and worship ministration. The sermon was just for me. I was surprised how the preacher could say with precision what was happening to me. He said that Jesus is the solution to all my problems. That day, I gave my life to Christ. I got baptized and decided to stay with my aunt.
Ministry Dream
In 2009, I was a Christian full of zeal for the kingdom’s advancement. I enrolled in an e-mail Bible Study Course. Also, I was part of an evangelism program in some villages using football to spread the love of God and His redemption plan through Jesus Christ.
In 2010, after getting my degree in Chemistry, I started teaching Math and Physics in a secondary school. I did this to support my sisters and save money to enroll in a Master’s Degree program. After two years, someone offered me a job in Nigeria as a French Teacher, with a Master’s Degree program fully paid by the school once I learned English. However, after 6 months, the school ended my contract for security reasons without any compensation. I was about to go back to Cameroon when, in a crusade where I was invited to translate, God revealed to me the purpose of my life. I am to help people to get out of poverty and bondage using the Word of God through free coaching. That is my spiritual dream.
Ministry Life Coaching Training at CLI
After I married, I was looking for a way how I can use the Word of God in coaching. I went to a Bible school. The coaching training I found was expensive and not based on God’s Word and principles. Then, I found Christian Leaders Institute “accidentally” while I was searching online. I couldn’t believe that they offer ministry life coaching training and Biblical study. That was an answer to my prayers! The free scholarship is just a big help for me since paying for the courses and taking care of my family both here and in Cameroon will definitely be challenging for me.
God brings me here to learn so I can serve efficiently. Learning at CLI is a privilege. Thank you and God bless you all!
My name is Katie Thrush of the USA. I’m really excited to be on this journey of discovering my calling in ministry in the local church. I’ve been a Christian since I was a little girl. Now, I am a wife and a mother to two beautiful little girls. I graduated from Taylor University in Upland, Indiana, with a degree in Christian Education and a minor in Biblical Literature. I’ve always been enamored with the Word of God. I love the way God communicates through His teachings throughout the Bible. Also, I love teaching and preaching, so that is why I am at the Christian Leaders Institute (Learn more about online Bible classes, Click Here). I am here pursuing further education to help hone my craft to become a better teacher and disciple.
Challenges and Struggles
Daily, I combat depression and anxiety. I also have dealt with some trauma. Thankfully, I have had the counseling and doctors to help me through incredibly tough seasons. I’ve found that God has been using my story. Now, I can connect with others around me who are struggling in the same ways. Mental health and Christianity are something I want to pursue more. Further, I hope to see change happen in the local church.
At CLI, I am hoping to accomplish the Intermediate Commissioned Pastoral Award. I have felt the call to go into vocational ministry and want to further my knowledge and education with these courses. As a stay-at-home mom to two little ones, this coursework is exactly what works for me and my family in the season we are in.
Thank you, CLI, for this opportunity to study. I cannot wait to see what the Lord has in store!