Mission Philippines: What is it going to take to reach the Philippines for Christ? The first missionaries were sent by the Catholic Church holding their first service on Easter Sunday March 31, 1521. Eight-five percent of the country has a Catholic heritage. In recent times, other evangelical ministries have opened in the Philippines from various denominations such as Baptist, Pentecostal and Christian Reformed. Ministries such as Bible League have taken mission Philippines seriously.
The Efforts of these ministries and many missionaries has resulted in yielding a new generation of leaders who need advance training. Mission Philippines needs thousands of new leaders who have advanced training.
Meet Loren Angeli Estavillo who just finished her Christian Basics Certificate. This next generation Philippino Christian leader claims,
“I know God intricately designed every fiber of my being and carefully planned out all the details of my life story, even before I came into existence 22 years ago. With that in mind, I couldn’t thank Him enough for greatly blessing me to live in the Philippines where it’s free to bask in His glory through the Christian ministry.”
Loren did not always have it so easy…
“In my growing up years, I was accustomed of going to church with my family as a form of a weekly habit. Back then, I had no sense of what it truly means to be a Christian. But everything changed since the moment I came to know Christ. I was spiritually reborn during one of my lowest moments. I never felt so alone and helpless back then due to the fact that my parents decided to separate ways.”
Mission Philippines: God heals the broken heart
“Their estrangement negatively affected my outlook in life. I became emotionally drained and spiritually crushed as an aftermath. It seems to me that I’ve no one to turn to. Yet suddenly, I felt the love of God consuming me in a heartbeat. I was in complete awe of His glorious presence overcoming me. I didn’t have the strength to control the burst of emotions rushing through me. I tried holding it back but my tears just kept falling. I cried hard and traded all my deep-seated setbacks. I repented of my sins and accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior. I couldn’t put into words how God transformed me into the person I am today.”
Loren was being prepared for ministry. Loren was being called to mission Philippines.
She writes, “God never gave up on me despite my weaknesses and failings. He never let me go. Because of that, I began my spiritual walk with Him. I started anew by reflecting and meditating on His Word deeper than before. I engaged myself in a church where I grew stronger spiritually by means of associating with my new found spiritual family.As I continue my walk with Him, He began to let me see the world through His eyes. He unveiled a deep surge of calling in ministry service that I couldn’t resist. I know that whatever plan He has in store for me will work out for good. So I yielded to His voice wholeheartedly and trusted Him to light my path wherever He may lead me.”
Christian Leaders Institute trains is training a new generation of leaders for mission Philippines. These Leaders are getting advanced training.
“I’m driven to help people create a genuine and lasting relationship with our Lord, to delve deeper into the Word of Truth by it’s spread across the nation, and to build a strong foundation of fellowship with God and other sharers of faith as well. I’m aware that being in the ministry requires full dedication, effort, and great amount of time – of which I’m very much willing to commit. And having a scholarship at Christian Leaders Institute will be of great assistance for me in reaching my ministry goals of serving others under God’s authority. I appreciate your prayers as I turn my ministry dreams into reality. I strongly believe that the Lord God Almighty, the Author and Perfecter of my faith, will be with me as I step into this new chapter of my life story. To God be the glory! :)”
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Christian Leaders Institute is developing a ministry training program where textbooks are not required. We are offering more and more classes where all materials are in a digital format. Our goal is to eventually have all our courses with the resources necessary contained on the web.
1. Christian Basics Certificate (7 Credits) Outside Textbooks Are Not Needed
Students enter Christian Leaders Institute (CLI) via our Getting Started Class: Discipleship and Evangelism (4 Credits). This Class introduces students to a reproducible walk with God and gives them orientation to CLI. After they complete the Getting Started Class, Students will be automatically enrolled in the Christian Basics Class (3 credits). This class covers the doctrinal basics of the Christian faith. This is the foundational certificate that opens up Christian Leaders Institute for further study by students.
No Outside Textbooks In Many Classes
2. Christian Leaders Certificate and Ministry Training Certificate(23 credits)
After Students complete the Christian Basics course, they are encouraged to work toward their Christian Leaders Certificate. This certificate covers the essential ministry training needed for many callings. The courses include:
- Getting Started in Ministry Training: Discipleship and Evangelism (4 Credits) No Outside Textbooks
- Christian Basics (3 Credits) No Outside Textbooks
- Old Testament Survey (3 Credits) No Outside Textbooks
- New Testament Survey (3 Credits) No Outside Textbooks
- Church and Ministry (3 credits) No Outside Textbooks
- Pastoral Care and Marriage (3 Credits) No Outside Textbooks
- Church History (4 Credits)
Total 23 Credits
3. Discipleship Diploma (30 credits)
This is the first diploma Christian Leaders Institute offers. After a student completes the Foundational two basic classes, students can take any classes they want accumulating 30 credits. This diploma is perfect for the Christian leader who wants to have a goal for continued studies. Many existing pastors may find this diploma very attractive.
- Getting Started in Ministry Training: Discipleship and Evangelism (4 credits) No Outside Textbooks
- Christian Basics (3 credits) No Outside Textbooks
- Christian Leaders Institute (23 CLI credits) No Outside Textbooks
Total Credits 30
4. Commissioned Pastor Diploma (31 credits)
The Ministry Training Certificate gives students the essentials they will need for leading their churches. The classes include
- Getting Started in Ministry Training: Discipleship and Evangelism (4 Credits) No Outside Textbooks
- Christian Basics (3 credits) No Outside Textbooks
- Church History: (4 credits) No Outside Textbooks
- Hermeneutics and Exegesis (3 credits) No Outside Textbooks
- Preaching Methods: (3 credits) No Outside Textbooks
- Pastoral Care and Marriage: (3 credits) No Outside Textbooks
- Systematic Theology I (4 credits)
- Systematic Theology II (3 credits)
- Church and Ministry: (3 credits )No Outside Textbooks
Total Credits 31
4. Ministry Diploma (45 Credits)
The Diploma of Ministry is the first of our three advance ministry training diplomas. This award says that students studied more areas of ministry training in-depth. This diploma will gives them advanced knowledge in what they need to be a pastor, evangelist, ministry associate, church planter, chaplain, or other Christian leader. Some churches and denominations require this kind of a diploma for ordination.
- Getting Started in Ministry Training: Discipleship and Evangelism (4 Credits)
- Christian Basics (3 Credits)
- Old Testament Survey (3 Credits)
- New Testament Survey (3 Credits)
- Hermeneutics and Exegesis (3 credits)
- Church and Ministry (3 credits)
- Pastoral Care and Marriage (3 Credits)
- Church History (4 Credits)
- Preaching Methods: (3 credits)
- Systematic Theology I (4 credits)
- Systematic Theology II (3 credits)
- Christian Ethics (3 credits)
- Christian Apologetics (elective) Dr. Voddie Baucham and Dr. David Feddes (3 credits)
Required 36 Credits
Elective 6 Credit
Total 45 Credit
5. Advanced Ministry Diploma (63 credits)
The Advanced Diploma of Ministry gives students knowledge and insight comparable to many seminaries. More in-depth knowledge of the various area of study will serve them well in their ministry calling. Right now Christian Leaders Institute is developing more thought provoking courses. This diploma will more available to students within a year. CLI eventually plans to offer this Diploma with a “emphasis” as our class offering increase in the next few years, Lord willing.
- Getting Started in Ministry Training: Discipleship and Evangelism (4 Credits)
- Christian Basics (3 Credits)
- Old Testament Survey (3 Credits)
- New Testament Survey (3 Credits)
- Hermeneutics and Exegesis (3 credits)
- Church and Ministry (3 credits)
- Pastoral Care and Marriage (3 Credits)
- Church History (4 Credits)
- Preaching Methods: (3 credits)
- Systematic Theology I (4 credits)
- Systematic Theology II (3 credits)
- Christian Ethics (3 credits)
- Christian Apologetics (elective) Dr. Voddie Baucham and Dr. David Feddes (3 credits)
Required 39 Credits
Electives: 24 credits
Total Credits 63
6. Divinity Diploma (90 credits)
This advanced Divinity Diploma is the highest award we grant to students at Christian Leaders Institute. This Diploma digs very deep into every study area for ministry training. CLI eventually plans to offer this Diploma with a “emphasis” as our class offering increase in the next few years, Lord willing.
- Getting Started in Ministry Training: Discipleship and Evangelism (4 Credits)
- Christian Basics (3 Credits)
- Old Testament Survey (3 Credits)
- New Testament Survey (3 Credits)
- Hermeneutics and Exegesis (3 credits)
- Church and Ministry (3 credits)
- Pastoral Care and Marriage (3 Credits)
- Church History (4 Credits)
- Preaching Methods: (3 credits)
- Systematic Theology I (4 credits)
- Systematic Theology II (3 credits)
- Christian Ethics (3 credits)
- Christian Apologetics (elective) Dr. Voddie Baucham and Dr. David Feddes (3 credits)
- Greek 1 (4 Credits)
- Greek 2 (4 Credits)
- Greek 3 (4 Credits)
Required 51 Credits
Electives 39 Credits
Total 90 Credits
The professional clergy are not the only ones who start revivals. Many revivals began with lay leadership. Lay leadership played a pivotal role in spiritual revivals in American history. Christian Leaders Institute is developing a new course called, “Evangelistic Missiology.” Dr. Bruce Ballast’s book, “Ordinary People – Extraordinary Things – How God Brings Revival” highlights impact of lay leadership in revivals. In fact, Dr. Ballast himself will be featured in the course.
Lay Leadership Starts Revivals
Dr. Ballast points out that lay leadership start revivals. Ballast talked about the “Great Revival of 1857” in the USA. This revival was started by Jeremiah Lanphier. Here was a lay leader working at a mercantile business in New York, NY in 1850s. As a lay pastor, he took over a dying church with few members. The professional clergy had vacated this work. This bi-vocational lay pastor canvassed the area, but still hardly anyone came to his vacant church. Then he started a prayer group on Wednesday. Revival started at this local church. What did he do?
Jeremiah Lanphier
Jeremiah passed out cards with this simple paragraph written down,
- “As often as the language of prayer is in my heart; as often as I see my need of help; as often as I feel the power of temptation; as often as I am made sensible to any spiritual declension or feel the aggression of a worldly spirit. In prayer, we leave the business of time for that of eternity, and the intercourse with men for intercourse with God.”
At first the prayer group was not that large. In a short time his church started to grow. Churches all over New York City got involved. The professional clergy joined the lay leadership supporting prayer. This movement spread through out the United States so that by 1858 churches were praying and growing everywhere. Check out Jeremiah Lanphier at Christian History Magazine and find out more of his excellent lay leadership.
Christian Leaders Institute Helps Lay Leadership for Free
At Christian Leaders Institute we have plans for the lay leadership of the English speaking world. We will help lay leaders get free ministry training to become pastors to spread Christianity everywhere. Who knows, maybe God will use you to bring revival to a nation? Let the lay leaders get trained!