Reneshia Morgan was born and raised in Memphis, TN. The crime rate is high. Every day she would see news of innocent people and little kids being murdered, people getting robbed, young teens involved in gang activities.

She became a Christian at a young age. Her family taught her well about the Lord but she lost her way. She got pregnant at a young age. She struggled with alcohol and hung around people who meant me no good.

She gave her life to Christ at age 24. Everything changed! At the age of 28, she felt called into ministry. At 30 she felt compelled to start Christian Leaders Institute.

In 2017 she completed her ordination with the Christian Leaders Alliance. She is willing to mentor others in their ministry training and ordination process.

Rita Kay McMillin is married and lives in Brazil Indiana. One night as she was tucking her daughter into bed, her daughters asked me if she was saved. When her children were small, she got them involved in going to church every Sunday. So that night her then eight-year-old daughter witnessed her, and it changed her life forever. She started going to church and she got saved.

In October 2013, several events and spiritual urging brought her a call into ministry. She began Christian Leaders Institute in 2014 and she was ordained in 2018. She is willing to encourage Christian Leaders Institute students and graduates who need a mentor for ministry training or ordination.

Dr. Robert Fieldhouse is a Pastor born in Miami, Florida to an upper-middle-class family. He was the last born of three. His father did not practice any faith and his mother had a living relationship with God.
Robert came of age in the 1960s and served in the United States Marine Corps. His relationship with God was off and on again. He received an injury and was released from the Marines. For the next many years that followed Robert struggled to overcome pain and hurt. He was searching for God. God found him in his great search. Read the full story.
Robert found Christian Leaders Institute in 2014. Though he struggles with physical disabilities, he has completed over 50 credit hours of training and he has been ordained as a Commission minister.
He has started a church and he serves in various ways in his community. He welcomes new CLI students to contact him for encouragement, mentorship or ordination assistance.

Robert Allen Harwell Sr is married to Janet. His nickname is Bear. He has six grown children and ten grandchildren and even two great-grandchildren.

His story to the Lord involved, drugs, alcohol, several broken marriages, and many suicide attempts until a Pentecostal minister shared the gospel with him over three decades ago. Everything changed.

Bear was called to bring hope to the hurting. Bear started Christian Leaders Institute in 2015. He was ordained in 2018. He is willing to mentor and help those seeking ministry training or Ordination with the Christian Leaders Alliance.

Read Our Testimony:

Our names are Rodney and Susan Colson. We have taken two totally different paths to get to where we are right now. Susan was raised in a Christian home, but she has since realized that her family had been just going through the motions of Christianity. Susan’s life as an adult took a rough path. After a couple failed marriages, Susan became a single parent with two boys. I, on the other hand, took a different path. I was raised by my mother who was a Christian. I became a believer when I was 12 but never really became disciplined in faith. I turned to satan(I refuse to capitalize this cowards name) and ultimately turned to myself as my god. I became addicted to drugs, alcohol, pornography among many other things, so much as to land myself in prison for 5 years. This is where I rededicated my life to Christ. I have never looked back since. Upon my release, I was reconnected with Susan. On October 26, 2015, this beautiful woman became my wife. On January 1, 2016, after several months of prayer, God placed on our hearts to start our own ministry. This was the kick off of our ministry, A NEW YOU OUTREACH. Our ministry has been involved with assisting families of inmates as well as marriage ministry. Susan and I were ordained January 22, 2017. We have been very active with our ministry, from hosting bible studies to providing food to struggling families. God has opened so many doors for us over the past few years. We are going on our third year as CLI students. We are working towards our Bachelor of Divine Ministry. Susan feels that God has called her to become a Hospice Chaplain. She currently works with the elderly and is full of compassion and love for people. Susan sees the Jesus in all people. We have been appointed as the marriage ministry leaders at our current church. We are both active with Family Life and the Angel Tree Project. We set out to show love to those who feel unlovable and to teach the Good News to those who feel unteachable. We look to find Jesus in all people. We are still in God fire, being refined!!! Our love for God and His love and mercy burns deep inside of the both of us. We are here to do the work of God. We know that God wants no one to perish, so our desire is to go forth and increase the family of believers. We are here to serve and do Gods will.