Thato Ookeditse –
“My name is Mr Thato Ookeditse. I am 28 years of age. I was born in Mmadinare, Botswana. I currently live in Gaborone city in Botswana where I pastor a church branch which I planted 5 weeks back for a church called Joyous Christian Centre. I am an ordained minister of the gospel and an international Administrator of the named church.
“I got saved in 2002 while I was at senior high school in scripture union. I decided to accept the Lord as my personal savior after the preaching I heard in an outreach that was organized by the scripture union of the same school.
“God called me in 2009 to be a minister of the gospel in the apostolic anointing to plant churches, nurture churches, and establish their administration. Doing ministry in Botswana is quite challenging but at the same time interesting. I had an opportunity to plant and nurture six churches in Botswana and one church in UK. The main challenge in Botswana is financial problem towards supporting the ministry but i spend most time doing house to house which help the church to grow and reach many unsaved souls.”
Thato Ookeditse Receives a Scholarship
“Having CLI sponsorship helped me to be enriched on the word of God like i have never imagined. it helped me to have depth on my teachings and it have made my teachings to be much easier. I believe it will help me to have qualification since in some countries that I want to reach in the future, for a person to have a permit they need a qualification.
“My prayer is that God may help me to be bold when I preach the gospel. I want to reach as many souls as I can.”
Thato Ookeditse ministers in a church in Botswana, where poverty makes it challenging for ministers to find the financial support they need to survive while focusing wholly on preaching the word. As he seeks the growth of the kingdom of God, Thato Ookeditse goes door to door, but still isn’t able to earn enough to go to traditional seminary classes. Still Thato Ookeditse feels the prodding of the Spirit to preach the word not only in his own country of Botswana, but in other countries as well. Thato Ookeditse has come to Christian Leaders Institute because he knows that he can be equipped to carry the message of the gospel to all nations.
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Rajkumar Rai –
“I am Rajkumar Rai. I am from United Kingdom now, but I am originally from Nepal. It is very important to tell people about truth and only one God and we need many trained evagelists to share the Gospel every corner of the Nation.
“I converted from Hinduism to Christianity in 2004 and found the true God.
“I am really trying to be able to preach and evangelize about God wherever I would be – especially in Nepal where so many people in the Hilly area haven’t heard about the true God.”
Rajkumar Rai Receives a Scholarship
“It is very important to know the right way and the right path. It is important to know about the Bible and God in order to preach and share the words of the God, and I need to know the right answers to the questions those people confused with. CLI making me so clear from difficult questions and answer.
“Please pray for me for anoint me with all the gifts of Holy Spirit to make me able to share the powerful words of God and evangelize people who don’t believe our savior lord Jesus Christ.”
Rajkumar Rai just recently came to the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In the 9 years that he has been a Christian, Rajkumar Rai has felt the call of God on his life, drawing him to the ministry. Rajkumar Rai now dreams of serving our Lord by traveling to regions where others like him are caught in a system that is contrary to God’s plan and command. Christian Leaders Institute can help Rajkumar Rai realize his ministry calling and equip him to adequately reproduce Christian culture wherever God may send him.
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Chris Weedin –
“My name is Chris Weedin and I am a lifetime Christian living in the USA. While we enjoy tremendous financial and material benefits, our country has been enduring a long slide away from our founding fathers’ moral and Biblical roots. I have lived with this decay for my entire life and believe that it is the responsibility of every American Christian to stand in its way, relying on the power of God, the wisdom of the Holy Spirit and the teachings of Christ to give us the strength to do just that.
“I have served in various lay ministries in the past forty years, and recently have been called to more direct service by God as the Associate Pastor of a small rural church. I know in my heart that God has placed me and my family in this position to powerfully influence our community in His name and for His glory: to bring healing, change lives and provide hope and strength as only God can. My dream is to fulfill this calling to the very best of my God given abilities and let Him blow the spiritual doors off of this community.”
Chris Weedin Receives a Scholarship
“As a happily married father of two with a mortgage and a second career, I simply can’t afford the education that is critical to carrying out my mission. Without CLI, I would not be able to continue.
“The support, training and educational opportunities provided by CLI are invaluable to me and to my church and to my town and every soul in it. The prayers of CLI staff and all other believers are likewise critical support as I move forward in faith and power to do God’s will in the world.”
Chris Weedin has been serving God in various capacities for his entire life. Yet, he sees something that troubles him. Chris Weedin sees a Christian culture that is moving away from the core of the teachings of Christ and toward liberalism or legalism. Today, Chris Weedin is called to an associate pastor position, and he wants to deepen his understanding of God and the Bible so that he can be more effective at this position. Chris Weedin knows that with a scholarship at Christian Leaders Institute, he will be better equipped to serve in the leadership position God has given him.
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