Christian Leaders Institute Graduates
Graduates in the year 2013
Christian Leaders Institute exists with the purpose of raising up leaders within the kingdom of God. To this end, we offer ministry training to everyone in the world with an internet connection free of charge. Each of the courses that we offer is developed and reviewed by pastors with bachelors, masters, and doctorate degrees in theology. We are able to bring this free training to students because of the generosity of our donors and the gifts of many students.
Christian Leaders Institute implemented our current Certificate and Diploma Structure in 2013. This structure allows students to obtain various levels of certificates and diplomas based on their individual needs. Each time a student fulfills the requirements for a certificate or diploma, they are able to immediately print the certificate from within their account. When they receive the Christian Basics Certificate, they are at the first graduate level.
So what is a Christian Leaders Institute graduate? Our first level graduate is somebody who has completed the course Getting Started: Christian Basics Certificate and earned the Christian Basics Certificate. This course goes through the basic concepts and principles essential to Christianity. This course features books by two of our professors at Christian Leaders Institute that are aimed at helping students understand Christian doctrine and how to live it out in their lives. Some students find that this course meets their needs and choose not to continue to any more advanced classes. Many students do not even complete this first certificate level. Out of more than 30,000 people who registered for the Getting Started class in 2013 just over 3,000 completed it.
Other people go on to complete further certificates and diplomas. Each class taken at Christian Leaders Institute is designed to teach students something about what it means to be a leader in the church. Each diploma level takes them deeper into their knowledge and understanding of God’s word and Christianity as a whole.
Who are Christian Leaders Institute Graduates?
Now that’s all well and good, you may say, but who is a graduate? What defines Christian Leaders Institute graduate?
I was chatting with Christian Leaders Institute graduates last night and spent some time conversing with Brittany. Brittany was a young woman of 23 hooked on drugs, sex and alternative music. She was looking to everything the world holds up as entertainment for happiness, but she was falling into despair. Yet, after several relationships void of love God saved her. She felt God’s call to reach other young people. She graduated at the Christian Basics Certificate level and continues to study at CLI. She is thankful CLI is free because she has two different student loans already and would not be able to afford to attend anywhere else to get the high quality training she needs.
I talked to James, a businessman, who has a big dream and a humble calling to plant churches. His schedule is crazy, but CLI fits. He loves that CLI is free to everyone and he supports it. He has graduated with his Continuing Ministry Diploma and is seeking his Commissioned Pastor Diploma.
I talked to Sonia, a Pakistani woman who graduated and is now studying for advanced diplomas. Her dream is to start a mentor center in her church in Pakistan. Because CLI is free she has the freedom to share this ministry training with other leaders in Pakistan.
I talked to Edwin in South Africa, who speaks three languages and is now a graduate student. Edwin is focused on being an evangelist in South Africa and fanning the spark of revival in his nation.
So who are Christian Leaders Institute graduates? How do you profile a student who completes various certificate levels? The answer, on the surface, is not simple. Christian Leaders Institute attracts students from all social classes. People from all over the world study at CLI. Some have money, others have no money. Some are pastors. Some are evangelists. Some are Sunday School teachers. Each person that graduates with the Christian Basics Certificate has a compelling story to tell about their call to ministry, and each story is very different. Yet all of them have one thing in common.
Every student that graduates with a certificate or diploma at Christian Leaders Institute has a desire and a motivation to serve the Lord that goes beyond their circumstances. Each of them has a passion that will not be quenched by the temptations of the world. Each of them is determined to overcome every boundary to preaching the word of God to a dying world. And each of them came to Christian Leaders Institute because we offer the training they need on their schedules and in their budget. Whether their budget is free, 5 dollars, or five thousand dollars, Christian Leaders Institute offers these certificates and diplomas to anybody who is willing to complete them. Graduates are more than people who completed a few courses. They are warriors of Christ who have been fully equipped to overcome the enemy and are headed out to the front lines to fight for Him.
Total Number of Graduates for the Year 2013
Christian Basics Certificate (7 Credits) 3280 Graduates
This certificate examines calling into ministry, walk with God and basic Christian doctrine. This certificate gives foundational knowledge needed to be a Christian leader. This certificate is also foundational for every student at CLI and opens the door to all the other classes and advanced diplomas.
Continuing Ministry Certificate (23 Credits) 285 Graduates
This certificate is perfect for pastors who are ordained but have little formal training.
Christian Leaders Certificate (23 credits) 198 Graduates
This certificate is perfect for church planters and new pastors. This certificate covers the basics of ministry.
Continuing Ministry Diploma (30 Credits) 150 Graduates
This is our first advanced training diploma which is perfect for pastors who are ordained.
Commissioned Pastor Diploma (37 Credits) 26 Graduates
Some denominations and associations require advanced training before ordination. This advanced diploma covers the requirements of most denominations and associations.
Diploma of Ministry (43 Credits) 11 Graduates
This advanced diploma is for those graduates that want to go deeper. This advanced diploma also covers the requirements of most denominations and associations.
Advanced Ministry Diploma (63 Credits) 1 Graduate
This diploma covers most of our courses offered at Christian Leaders Institute. This advanced diploma also covers the requirements of most denominations and associations.
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Erick Florez is 28 and lives in Panama City, Panama. Panama is booming with economic growth. The Panama Canal is bring updated for bigger ships and much foreign capital has been flowing into Panama. There is a stunning opportunity for the gospel to spread. The need for leaders is increasing and most ministry training has become very expensive. There needs to be a high quality free Bible School in Panama. Christian Leaders Institute seeks to be that ministry training institution.
Erick was raised in a Christian family. He writes,
I grew up in a Christian family. My grandparents are the senior pastors in the church. Although I know the gospel from my childhood, I was away from God for a few years until God was in my search and He caught me with his grace and mercy. He drew me close to him by letting me understand the greatness of his awesome mercy.
I want to serve the Lord with my entire heart. I know God is calling me to preach and to be a leader in my church. God wants to do great things through our church so many people can know Jesus, build a relationship with him and praise God for the things he has done. My main dream is to build a strong Worship Ministry at our church. For many reasons it has weakened. I also want to teach people how to build a personal relationship with God in a practical way, how to go beyond belief to convictions. I want to be useful for church in as many areas as possible.
Free Bible School in Panama Gives Opportunities
Erick finds that Christian Leaders Institute solves two problems for him. First, this Bible School in Panama is free. The other schools are expensive and those options are not financially possible for him. The second problem is that he really needed an online Bible School so he could get the training he needed in his time frame. Erick said,
It has been a blessing to find CLI, I was praying for the opportunity to study in a Bible Institute to get prepared for ministry, but unfortunately the options we have here in Panama are too expensive for my actual budget. The other issue I have is time, so having the opportunity to get prepared online works great for me. I really appreciate having a scholarship from CLI because based on what I have seen so far, I am convinced that I am going to get well prepared. You can be sure that I am totally committed.
Christian Leaders Institute is solving ministry training challenges all over the world. Thousands of new students are signing up every month to receive this online ministry training. New students will immediately begin by taking the Getting Started Class that examines their calling into ministry, their walk with God and knowing basic Christian doctrines. After this Getting Started Class, students are awarded their first certificate called the Christian Basic Certificate. New students world wide are encouraged to find a local mentor to help them process their ministry training journey.
If you are in Panama and understand English, this free Bible school in Panama might be right for you!
Montserrat is a lovely island in the Caribbean. Montserrat has been ravaged by an active volcano for the past 18 years, so much so that only one-third of the island is habitable. Just over 5,000 people still live on this island. About two thirds of the population fled when the active volcano destroyed the capital city of St. George. Montserrat is very poor with the per capita income of its residents very low. This is a place that needs Christ. The island is so remote and poor. How is this island going to be able to support a high quality Bible School?
The Internet has allowed CLI to offer a free Montserrat Bible School for the people of this island. A student of Christian Leaders Institute who has already received the Christian Basics Certificate is Toney Allen of Montserrat. He has been married for over 12 years and has twin boys. Tony has been serving the Lord for over the past 21 years. He wrote,
I have been serving the Lord with gladness and I have no regrets when a girlfriend who was a Christian invited me to church that Sunday in October in 1992. For it was at that quarterly service that Jesus miraculously transformed my life. To God be the glory!
Free Montserrat Bible School Needed
As a result of the work of Christ in Toney’s life, his dream is to see many souls experience this same transforming power of the Holy Spirit in their lives. Over the years, the Lord has been moving Toney from one position to another. First, youth leader, then deacon, then board member, then assistant pastor, and then pastor.
Toney is motivated and called to ministry. He said,
I have been driven by a deep passion to see souls be translated out of the kingdom of darkness and into the Kingdom of God’s dear Son. In my own life I was lost and destined to hell and if the Lord didn’t save me when He did maybe I might have been lost for all eternity! I knew I had to pursue ministry to be “a voice of one crying in the wilderness prepare ye the way of The Lord.”
I recognize that a lot of people in my nation seem to think that they are saved and are on their way to heaven even though they continue living as they please. Hearts have become hardened to the Gospel because they have heard it so many times before. Nevertheless, I continue to proclaim the Good News.
What support does Toney need to be an effective revival leader in Montserrat? He needs CLI a Bible School in his area. He could not afford leaving the island for seminary. The church needs him to stay here. Because CLI offers online free ministry training it is part of a free Montserrat Bible School that brings high quality ministry training to him.
Toney is thankful that CLI is further equipping him with the necessary skills to be a more effective shepherd of the flock that God has committed into his care, and to play his part in fulfilling the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20).
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