“Imagine a teacher being cursed out every day by a 14 year old, taking it, and only responding by telling the student you’re better than that. Fast-forward 3 years and this now 17 year old sharing that your patience, encouragement, and efforts molded them and they now have a relationship with Christ. That teacher you just imagined was me.” – Richard Harris, student of CLI’s free online ministry college
Free Online Ministry College- Equipping To Educate, Expand, and Empower
My name is Richard Harris. I currently live in Raleigh, NC, USA. I was raised in a Christian home and started going to church at the age of 2. At an early age, I developed a love and appreciation for God’s Word and His people. As a youth, I accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, regularly attended Sunday School and was an active member of the church. During my senior year in high school, I accepted the call to preach and was licensed to preach on March 7, 1999. I have a degree in Business Management from Howard University in Washington, DC, where I also played collegiate baseball. I have worked as a teacher, coach, and program director. I recently started my own business, Get Ready Athletics, in which we educate communities, expand skills, elevate performance, and empower lives through sport and fitness by providing resources and training opportunities for athletes, parents, and coaches.
The local church has supported my ministry calling by providing opportunities for preaching, teaching, leading, and serving. The local church has also trained me through classes, one on one study, and hands-on experience. I am grateful for the experiences the local church has shared with me to learn more about Christ and serve His people.
I have a passion for helping others develop into better people by effectively communicating, creating a positive environment, and teaching God’s Word. It is my desire to demonstrate God’s love, be of service, and assist in the spiritual development of others in a dedicated and energetic manner. My calling is to lead others in the saving grace of Christ, as well as help them avoid depression and mediocre living through the use of my Christian experience and experiences in sport and fitness.
The opportunity with Christian Leaders Institute’s free online ministry college will help me become better equipped to lead others and share God’s Word. Receiving free online ministry college training will afford me the opportunity to spend more time studying, deepening my understanding and application of the CLI courses instead of working additional part-time jobs. Many people are hurting and are choosing destructive paths over God’s way when they come to the crossroads of life. The spiritual, mental, and physical health of society is diminishing. The abundance of diseases, depression, and dysfunctional relationships is overwhelming. People are crying out, much like the 14 year old I mentioned earlier. Studying at CLI’s free online ministry college will enhance my preparation for impacting the communities I am involved in as I work to reduce the amount of diseases, depression, and dysfunctional relationships that exist.
I ask for prayers that I will have the courage to shine for God, continue to learn more of Him, choose His way, not my own, fulfill my ministry, focus on Him even in darkness, be open to those in need, and keep in mind His promises as I find the good things the bible speaks of.
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Revival Ministry Leadership preparation with CLI is a blessing to many! We provide free online ministry training to EVERY ONE who enrolls! We are building up Revival Leaders across the world to bring more people into a beautiful relationship with Christ and with one whom we call Father!
Revival Ministry Leadership- Building Up Christian Leaders
My name is Charles Ocheltree, I am 45 years old, married, have three adult boys and live in the U.S.A.. I have been a believer for nine years and have increasingly felt I needed to lead a life of submission and service. In my former life, I bought into the lie that this life is all there is and money and success were the keys to happiness, as a result my marriage and my children suffered. Unfortunately, my children are still paying the consequences. At the age of 35 I felt a real sense of dissatisfaction with my life and began to question everything I thought I believed. I stumbled into a local church one week and was soon convicted of my need for a savior. My eyes were opened to the truth of the Word of God and my life has never been the same since.
Several years after my new birth, I began to teach the teen Sunday school classes and Awana, and made several mission trips to other countries where I hope to revisit soon. Currently, my wife and I are empty nesters and I am struggling, I feel like I have one foot in the world and one in the Kingdom. I have been feeling a strong prodding to make myself more available for service and consequently have made some changes. New church, new job and with an ever-pressing burden for more service/ministry, I have enrolled in CLI. At this point I don’t have a clear vision of what God will call me to, but simply a desire to serve Him wherever is needed. I enjoy teaching ministries and know that the education I will receive from Christian Leaders Institute will better prepare me for that role.
I had been waiting for some time for God to give me direction when this quote, “Noah didn’t wait for his ship to come in, he built one,” made me realize that it’s time to get moving and equip myself to serve the Lord. I also want to know the Lord better through His word. I know we are all gifted to serve, I just want to do my part. I see opportunities to serve my congregation as we prepare to reproduce disciples. We are a young church, with a faithful and passionate pastor, and I am looking to God to grow our influence in our community. We have a heart for missions, both local and international, and will be coordinating with other churches and ministries to witness to the lost and bring comfort to the suffering. I have spoken to my pastor about my entering revival ministry leadership training at Christian Leaders Institute and have his support and encouragement and am looking forward to teaching when these ministries are needed in my church.
In the meantime, I will look for opportunities to respond to needs, as God reveals them to me. I feel an overwhelming desire to serve God because of what He has done for me. I believe it is our primary purpose in this life and I thank God for that truth. I am also thankful to Christian Leaders Institute for answering the call to train the leaders of tomorrow and for faithfully carrying the message of the cross to all the world. Their willingness to provide a much needed, accurate, Biblical education, is greatly appreciated. I look forward to serving our King in His ministry wherever it takes me, I just want to be faithful. Please pray that the Lord continues to lead me and reveals His plan for my life.
I feel an overwhelming desire to serve God because of what He has done for me. What could be better than Revival Ministry Leadership Training?
Like Charles, join our students and become like family with Christian Leaders Institute’s revival ministry leadership training! Our mission as pastors, evangelists, missionaries, etc. is to advance God’s kingdom! Be a part of such a beautiful task. With revival ministry leadership training, you too can bring revival to those God has put in your path! Click here to begin your free online training!
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“CLI’s free ministry program is so important to me as financial requirements are very difficult to meet through most all ministry programs. I would be very humbled and grateful to God to be able to partake in this amazing ministry opportunity and would fully commit myself to learning all that I can to becoming someone who would share the gospel with others and help in bringing souls to the Lord. Thank you and God bless.” – Joseph Maldonado, student of CLI’s free ministry program
Free Ministry Program- No Other Religion
Hello, my name is Joseph Maldonado. I live in the United States, in the Denver/Boulder Colorado area. My goal is to become a Pastor some day and lead my own ministry for Jesus Christ. I grew up in the faith but as a teenager I started trusting in man’s word instead of God’s Word. I put my faith in what so called friends were telling me about God and religion.
I started studying all kinds of worldly religions, basically looking for ways to disprove the bible because I wanted to justify the ungodly lifestyle that I was partaking in. I had a big wake up call when one of my most trusted friends started to discourage the little bit of faith that I still held onto, by trying to convince me that satanism was totally normal and justifiable. This was someone I had trusted and looked for confirmation on many of life matters. I was disappointed but soon realized that God had actually used him to open my eyes to the truth… That I was putting my faith in men instead of trusting in the Lord.
At first I was confused and asked God why he would allow me to grow close to someone who was deceiving me. I realized that it was him using someone to re-affirm his amazing glory and that is what gave me the confirmation I had been searching for my entire life. I now have no doubt of Him, his sacrifice and of His amazing love and message through his Word. I used to have so many doubts but they are all gone now.
My dream is to bring many people to the Lord during these turbulent times that we are in. I want to be used by God to start a revival in this nation and bring as many souls as possible to the Lord. I see myself as an Evangelist. Some of the challenges I’ve noticed are that many Christians in this country are blinded into thinking they are safe from God’s wrath and immune to suffering. There is also much persecution against true Christians that denounce all of the worldly influences due to the so called equality of wicked sinful lifestyles that are condoned in this nation.
My grandmother and father have been huge influences on my faith in Christ. My wife as well in recent years. They are very supportive and share the same essential beliefs in the gospel. Please pray for me to grow strong in the Lord and to cast out all evil spirits that have oppressed me in the past due to my weaknesses that I had fed into for so many years. Please pray that all fleshly and worldly desires are drowned out by God in my spiritual walk with Jesus Christ.
Now that I’ve decided to commit my life to God is when I have faced some of the worst attacks by Satan. I am in need of prayer for me to stay on track with on my journey towards growing to become a servant of the Lord. CLI’s free ministry program is so important to me as financial requirements are very difficult to meet through most all ministry programs. I am very humbled and grateful to God to be able to partake in this amazing free ministry program opportunity and fully commit myself to learning all that I can to becoming someone who would share the gospel with others and help in bringing souls to the Lord. Thank you and God bless.
Train! Teach! Preach! And Evangelize! To enroll in CLI’s free ministry program, click here! No matter how dark your past may look. No matter how easy or difficult your life has been. God does not call the qualified, He qualifies the called. Join us today! God bless.
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