- Africa (2)
- South Africa (2)
- North America (6)
To plant churches and raise up revival leaders
Andy Elliott is a follower of Jesus, husband, father of four, business owner and pastor of a new church plant named, The Beat Church, in the greater Austin, TX area.
Although he was raised in the church he turned to alcohol, pornography, and anger. He believes much of this stemmed from doors opened after having my first sexual contact at the age of 5 with an older male cousin. He praises God for a friend who brought him to a pastors house at 3 am passed out drunk in the back of his car. It was an ugly beginning but proved to be the turning point to restoring his relationship with Jesus.
He began Christian Leaders Institute in 2016. He received his Bachelor of Divinity and is now ordained as a minister of the Word in the Christian Leaders Alliance. He is willing to mentor CLI students and help them become ordained in the Christian Leaders Alliance.
To be part of a revival starting in his own life, extending to his church and expanding to the whole world.
Ed Butler was in Berwyn, Illinois in 1961 and raised in Joliet, Illinois area. His parents were not Christians started to attend church in Hickory Hills Illinois shortly after his birth. He grew up in that church and was saved at the age of 9.
At one point He read a book called Halftime by Bob Buford. In it he described how God had led
Christian Leaders Alliance Elder-Director gives the ordination prayer for Ed Butler.
him to spend the second half of his life in service to the Lord. He remembers thinking how that would be an amazing goal.
Ed and his family moved to Texas in 2000. He became increasingly convinced that God was working and calling me to ministry.
By 2014, Christian Leaders Institute was an answer to prayer for ministry training. CLI was a perfect fit for his lifestyle.
After graduating with his Bachelor of Divinity degree, Ed took a position as interim pastor at FBC in Quinlan, Tx. They called him to be there full time Pastor just a few months later. They have grown from around 25 at his first Sunday to averaging 75-85 most Sunday mornings in the first two year at this church.
Ed will willing to mentor any Christian Leaders Student and assist them into ordination as the Lord leads.
To raise up Revival leaders in the Haitian Community and beyond
Itony Telusnord is married and has one child. He was at the university and had a great hunger to know more about God. He had a friend at the university that opened up the Word. That same friend is now an ordained leader with the Christian Leaders Alliance.
Itony works as a professional, but more and more he sensed the calling into ministry. He began his studies at Christian Leaders Institute in 2014. He has a bachelor degree in divinity from CLI. He was ordained as a minister of the Word with the Christian Leaders Alliance.
He is willing to mentor others who are studying at CLI and are seeking ordination with the Christian Leaders Alliance.
To help raise up even more revival leaders!
Jim Tibby lives in Clearwater, Florida with his Wife, Lynne. He was raised in the Church, and He believed in God and Christ Jesus. Growing up, Tibby had all of the head knowledge but did not trust in Jesus. As it has been said, “I missed God by 18 inches” (The distance between the head and the Heart). As a Freshman in college, Jim accepted Jesus as his LORD and Savior through the efforts of Campus Crusade for Christ while attending Arizona State University as a Music Major. He immediately began directing a choral and instrumental group sponsored by Campus Crusade called “That Certain Sound”.
Throughout the years, He has been Minister of Music or Director of Music through many Churches in Florida. He was Bi-vocational as his full-time occupation was in many aspects of the Real Estate Profession including residential and commercial sales, appraising, training, and sales management.
Just before his retirement from full-time employment in Real Estate, the Holy Spirit convicted him that I needed to pursue Ministry training. He had an increased hunger for the Word.
He began Christian Leaders Institute in 2015. He was ordained in 2017. He is a minister of the Word with the Christian Leaders Alliance. He is willing to mentor others in their ministry training and assist them through the process of ordination.