Shelly Depp –
“Hello my name is Shelly Depp. I have been married to the most wonderful husband for 21 years. We have four boys and twin daughters. Also I’m a minister’s wife. I am very grateful that God saw fit to prepare us for incredible ministry. I don’t know what lies ahead, but I do know that God will continue to lead us.
“My vision in ministry is to help hurting people. There is nearly a million children are abused each year in the United States, also those who are suffering from sexual abuse, the pain of abortion and other traumatic life events, both big and small. We all go through various trails and life difficulties. We need encouragement, support, love and compassion.”
Shelly Depp Receives a Scholarship
“Christian Leaders Institute will help me be more effective at evangelism, outreach, pastoral care, and missionary work. To make me become more powerful in my word and to help equip God’s people to do good works and build up the church is a grand opportunity. Jesus ask us to partner with him. Jesus asks us to do what he did through the power of the Holy Spirit, ” to preach Good News to poor and to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the downtrodden will be freed” Luke 4:18.”
Shelly Depp has a ministry vision. She is called to minister to people who have suffered tragic events in their lives. Shelly Depp dreams of bringing the love of God to those who have experienced nothing but brokenness where they should have received love. She seeks a scholarship at Christian Leaders Institute to reach more of the suffering with the healing power of Christ.
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Emmanuel J.K Yillah –
“My name is Pastor Emmanuel J.K Yillah. I am presently the Pastor incharge of New Life Ministeries Makani fellowship in the north part of Sierra Leone. I live in Sierra Leone, West Africa. I have pastored churches in the north, which is a Muslim dominated place in my country, but thank God for His grace.
“I came from a fanatic Muslim background, and I got saved in 1995 at the age of 15 years. I was “arramed,” ostracized or banished, rejected, and neglected by my whole family, including the “susu” people in our community. My later father hated me because I refused to recite the “calima” of the Islamic faith. But thank God for His Grace that has kept me.
“Nobody preached to me outright. My Father bought “My Book of Bible Stories” and placed it among the books on the shelf because he likes education. I started reading this book, and I became interested in the unique stories. As time goes on I started falling in love with Jesus Christ. So one day I decided to visit a Church and it was an orthodox Church. I became a member, young as I was. Our neighbors told my Father that I sometimes sneaked to Church, and I will never forget this day. I was beaten mercilessly. The more I loved the Lord. I keep on receiving all kind of punishments, till at the end my Father felt he had no alternative but to drive me out of the home. I went out in the street. Psalm 27:10 is the scripture that kept me going even in the street, until an old woman picked me an adopted me.
“My Ministry dream is for Church planting. Presently I am having four places in my spirit, Kenya, USA, Canada, Australia.”
Emmanuel J.K Yillah Receives a Scholarship
“I was led by the Spirit of God to go through this dynamic Ministerial training. C.L.I. is a blessing to this generation. I did not regret it. I really thank God for directing me here. The teachings of the Institution are direct and to the point. They break theology down to its direct point of application. They bring immediate illumination to the infallible Word of God, to the point that every layman, Christians, unbelievers, and neutralists can comprehend. My ultimate goal is to be a lecturer at CLI.
“In life no man is too big for learning. The day a man refuses to learn is the day he/she becomes a dead man. I have never learned the things I learned here before in my entire life. I believe with Scholarship at CLI I will be able to grow more in my knowledge of God and His word.
“Please pray that I fulfill my calling in Jesus name.”
Emmanuel J.K Yillah comes from a world where Christianity is more than unpopular. He was driven from his home at a young age for choosing Christ over Mohammed. It was there, as a teenage boy in a Muslim dominated community, that he began his life as a servant of God. Emmanuel J.K Yillah knows what it means to be beaten for one’s faith. He knows what it means to be rejected for his faith. Emmanuel J.K Yillah knows in a way that most Americans will never experience what it means to suffer loss for his faith. Yet through all these hard times, Emmanuel J.K Yillah pressed on to share this treasure with everyone he could.
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Phil Patterson Jr –
“My name is Phil Patterson Jr and I am currently a student at Christian Leaders Institute. I live in the United States and ministry is an awesome but at times challenging experience. The responses received are not always positive but it is still rewarding to know that I am a part of something positive and life changing. I came to know The Lord through Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale and the teachings of a handful of pastors at the church. Through accepting Christ, baptism, getting involved in community groups and eventually different ministries within the church, I have grown spiritually and in many other ways.”
Phil Patterson Jr. Gets a Scholarship
“My ministry dream is to be able to use the different gifts that God has given me to continue to share the Gospel and reach people that normally would not be considered “reachable” by “normal” methods. Through my musical gift, I have reached more than I would have ever expected and it’s motivated me to continue in hopes of reaching even more people. Getting a scholarship at CLI is important to me because it would help with my ministry and the songs that I write. I would have a lot more biblical knowledge which would show through my lyrics and messages. I also feel it would help me grow in my personal life and spiritual walk.
“I always ask that others keep me and my ministry in prayer when it comes to the opportunities to share as well as me having the courage to write the messages that God wants me to share, even if I am nervous about the type of reactions I may receive. Also that the people who I am able to share with, would be willing to hear the message and that God would use me to plant the seeds in their hearts and minds.”
Phil Patterson Jr. is a musician who is on fire for Christ! He has a gift for music that he is already using to glorify God, but he found Christian Leaders Institute online and saw an opportunity to strengthen his witness! Phil Patterson Jr. has a dedication to God that drives him to always seek to honor God more in the gifts God gave him. We need men like Phil Patterson Jr. in the world of music, and Christian Leaders Institute is always ready to help train them in the knowledge and instruction of the Lord.