Amos Odhiambo Oyare –
“Greetings in the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ. I am from Kenya. We have freedom of religion in our country, and I have utilized this time to follow God’s calling in my life. He has called me to serve Him through spreading the gospel of good news to every nation and people who do not know that Jesus came and died for our sins. They repent and are baptized so that they can live as true believers who follow the example of Christ, living a Holy life.
“I came to know about the Lord when I was young. God started using me in primary school. The Almighty God gave me strength and courage to preach the good News to the Teachers, my fellow learners in both secondary (high school), and the church. This enabled me to become the christian union chairman at the high school. During my study at the High school, God opened a way for me to start a Sunday school at the high school for teachers and students. I was able to do this for primary and high school. When I finished High School, the church elders sent me out to start a church. God blessed the church plant with success. I was a pastor there for two years when the Booker primary school asked me to go back and start a Sunday school. This Sunday school is acting as the place of spiritual growth and nourishment. It also offers behavior change programs and counseling which I have done since 2002.
“I would really appreciate it if you would assist me in growing in the word of God. I want to gain training, skills, experience, and materials if possible. I teach 400 children, many of whom do not know of God. They often have low moral values, and many are orphans. In all areas God used me according to His will. Most of them end up being saved, which results in better academic performance. To God be the glory!”
Amos Odhiambo Oyare Receives a Scholarship
“If I receive this scholarship, I believe that the Gospel will be spread to young generations. I believe God will use this training to enhance my ministry to these new generations.
“My prayer is for you to help me get a scholarship. The Bible states in 2 Timothy 2:15: “Study to show yourself approved to God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
“I also ask that you pray for the schools ministries in Kenya. God bless you.”
Robert Gwileni –
“I am Robert Gwileni. I live in Malawi. Malawi is divided into three regions. These regions are north, central, and south. I live in the Capital of Malawi. This is in the central region. Ministry in Malawi is a serious issue. Tradition has long been a barrier to people in Malawi. Cultural practices are the reason many people have not heard of Jesus Christ. This is particularly true in the rural areas. Poverty is another factor that hinders the spread of the gospel.
“I gave my life to Jesus Christ while I was suspended from work. During this time, I devoted more time to learning the Word of God at Church. I began experiencing God . He talked to me and fought my battles. He even caused my work suspension to be lifted. I returned to work. I continued to feed on the Word of God by attending a lunch fellowship.”
Robert Gwileni Gets a Scholarship
“My ministry dream is to lead many people to Christ.
“A scholarship at CLI is important to me. I could not enroll in any other ministry training now. I wouldn’t get enough financial support.
“Please pray for me in my ministry. Pray that I lead many people to Christ.”
Every day Christian Leaders Institute helps people like Robert Gwileni. We provide quality training in the word of God and the faith. We do this without the fees of a seminary! This means people without a lot of money can still get quality ministry training. People like Robert Gwileni are what drives us.
Robert Gwileni has a dream. He sees a country full of people who need to know God! Robert Gwileni sees more than just a country. He sees a field ripe for the harvest! You can help Robert Gwileni impact Malawi for Christ with your donation.
Ministering – There are places in the world that most churches have abandoned. These places are stronghold’s to the Devils work. In these places prostitution, drugs, mental illness, alcoholism and crime are the pervasive culture. It is here that student Lisa Popejoy is ministering. Her church is This Ain’t Your Mama’s Church Community Biker Church. This church is headed up by her mentors, Pastors Eug & Gwen. This church has recently moved to an even more depressed area of 
Merced, CA.
Ministering Student Lisa Popejoy
Ministering To A Rough Crowd
Lisa is taking the Online Preaching Class, called “Sermon Construction and Presentation” at CLI. Her first assignment was to write a short sermon that she would give to the group she is ministering to. I am going to share her sermon with you. She writes about her sermon assignment, “This message would be for the audience of bikers, ex drug addicts and felons.”
STRONGHOLD OF ENEMY TERRITORY
by Lisa Popejoy
The term Stronghold means an area where a power exerts control over an individual, group or territory, and, in reference to an evil spiritual stronghold, it is in direct opposition to the will of God.
Satan goes beyond just routine harassment and temptations; his forces seek territory to establish long term strongholds in which they may dominate and hold captive. The evil forces of Satan search for people, cities and areas in which they are not resisted and where they can flourish.
Our new church home is smack dab in the middle of enemy territory. Prostitution, drugs, bars, drunkards, mentally ill, and the homeless have taken over that side of town, and with all the crime that comes with that way of living, the influence of darkness has flourished. You can see and feel it in the air.
The apostle Paul talks about what we are dealing with in Ephesians 6:12,
For we do not wrestle against flesh & blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
We all know the saying “You don’t come preaching in my bar and I won’t go drinking in your church.”
Many of us lived that concept when we were out and about in the world and that approach has worked well here at the CLI building on the nice side of town, until now, because This Ain’t Your Mama’s Church just changed the playing field.
We are moving in on enemy territory and we are establishing the presence of the Lord.
We are the army of the Lord on earth; you can’t go into Satan’s domain and cover up the problem. Soldiers do not go into a war and make everything nice; they don’t cover the battlefield with pretty stuff without the expectation of being shot down. You can’t cover up and mask the influence of evil by planting flowers and covering up the graffiti and removing the shopping carts and making it look nice and think Satan’s presence is gone. You have to get to the root of the problem and it’s a spiritual problem.
The enemy is not prostitution, drugs, mental illness, alcoholism or crime, the real enemy is Satan’s presence and his stronghold on that area. If you think you can wage a war against Satan and his army by making stuff pretty to the eyes, then you are welcome to plant a few tulips and see where it gets you. Just remember, when you come back beaten up and defeated, we tried to warn you that it’s not about flowers and fluff but about “spiritual darkness in high places “and all your efforts will have been for nothing.
We are going into battle, to conduct Spiritual Warfare on Satan’s domain. Our goal is to advance the Gospel, pull down the stronghold and bring people into the Kingdom of God. Matthew 5:14-16 we are to bring the light into the darkness.
We are not riding in with guns attached to our motorcycles and cars, helping the police to wipe out the bad and make it a pretty side of town, planting flowers, No, we are going into the midst of the battlefield with Power and Authority in Christ Jesus’ name to overcome the stronghold with SCRIPTURE & PRAYER.
It is not a mistake that our church is moving to that side of town, isn’t it fitting that God chose us to represent Him in that area? We are a peculiar people, we who were the drunkards and addicts, and prostitutes and homeless, all of us convicts and felons, we who have by the Grace of God been saved from exactly what we are waging war against. We are on a mission for God. It’s time to suit up and let’s go do some Kingdom business. Jesus gave us His marching orders. Are you ready to move April 13th?
Amen.
Lisa is thankful for the opportunity to study at Christian Leaders Institute, “You can pray that I will fulfill the direction that God is leading me. I prayed to God that I would find a school that would take me without money, and he directed me to your web page. So please pray that I will finish what God is preparing me to do.”
I am impressed with the calling of God on Lisa’s life. Ministering in the name of Christ is never easy, and when you are ministering in a blighted area, it can even be more challenging. At Christian Leaders Institute, we train operatives for Christ whose goal is spreading the gospel. These bi-vocational leaders are ministering taking on personal risk.They are fierce followers of Jesus who need our prayers.